"N_Cook" wrote in message
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote in message
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Baron wrote:
I've seen electric heaters repaired with those plastic choc-blocks put
in them. I once had an old lady ask me to look at one. She said it
smells funny and there is something dripping out of the back. The
plastic surround had almost compleatly gone and the connections were
hanging in mid air. I had a go at the guy who repaired it and was
un-politely told to sod off........ Sadley there weren't the consumer
protections in those days !

There's no difference from a choc block than any other screw connector -
like those found in sockets, etc. Make a poor connection or use an
incorrectly rated one and it *will* give trouble.

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*Certain frogs can be frozen solid, then thawed, and survive *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.


One general thing to be aware of these Anglepoise lamps. Well the stronger
,
older , all metal ones.
Make sure all the little rubber grommets are present and correct, not
perished, at each of the channel holes that the mains cable passes
through.


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Diverse Devices, Southampton, England
electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/



I was a little concerned that these would not still fit, when I put the 3
core cable in, but they did, just fine.

And to Baron. I've had the thing a long long time. It's an orange one that
came from BHS originally, but a genuine Terry's Anglepoise, none-the-less.
Before that, I had the even earlier one with the black 'flying saucer'
shade. I can't remember what happened to that one. Over the years, it has
had much work done on it, but I'm pretty sure that it never had anything
other than a 2 core plastic cable on it. I can't imagine that I would ever
have replaced a three core with a 2 core. The old black one had plaited
cotton-covered rubber cable as I recall, but I still don't remember that one
being earthed, either.

Arfa