gazz coughed up some electrons that declared:

would there be any regulations i'd be breaking if i fitted a german shuko
style 2 pin with side earth strip socket in my house?

i have a german pinball machine which still has the molded on right angle
shuko plug on it's power lead, inside it also has a german shuko power
point for the engineers lamp to plug into (that one is bakalite and non
earthed, machine was made in 1976, so not that old), But i'd like to keep
the origional lead... just to emphasize more that it's a german machine if
that makes sense

Basicaly all i'd do is get a single outlet shuko socket, if possible a
switched one, and mount it next to the double 13 amp uk sockets,

i wouldent usually even give this kind of thing a second thought, i'd put
one in... better than using an adaptor or the easy solution which i know
is to change the power lead to a uk version.

but we are going to have one of those bods from warm front come round and
assess how much insulation we need to have added (stair celing area is
totaly open to the roof and has no insulation at all)
and i can just imagine him noticing the shuko socket and getting arsey
about it and putting on his report that i have illegal sockets in the
house or something like that.

Personally, if you really want a fixed Shuko (as opposed to the very good
suggestions here of using a travel adaptor or shuko-strip) I would install
it off the end of a switched fused connection unit, fused correctly for the
application.

It'll be safe (as any shuko socket is), neat, switched and easy to
de-install (replace FCU with 13A socket).

Cheers

Tim