"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
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On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 22:31:46 GMT, "Jim Gregory"
wrote:



Remember wiring those in the late '60s. They rattled. Lots of loose pin
parts held in check by a perforated template, and you tapped on its shell
to
loosen the three (or two) pins for the gauge you needed! Then you
"unscrewed" them outward, locked them with a 3-way lever! But had no
fuse!!
They was marketed for running portable equipment when you were visiting
various premises but were unsure what wall socket types to find at the
destin. So catered for 3 or 4 common formats.

That was the "Fit-All" plug, made in Northern Ireland, IIRC. Actually
it *did* have a fuse, but ISTR it was totally inside the plug, so
you had to dismantle the lot to get at the fuse.
Because of its vast size it often wouldn't fit into sockets mounted
close to the floor, as most were in those days!

--
Frank Erskine
You're right. Ah, the hidden fuse in the FitAll - it all comes back to me
now, as well as those pesky surface sockets that were sited too close to the
carpet. Once or twice had to re-install them rotated by 90 deg - to be able
to accommodate an awkward plug!
Jim