"charles" wrote in message
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modern, not old

old too. It was in my parents' 1910 house.


Was it switched by a wall switch? Lighting sockets were common in old
properties but they seldom had remote switching.

yes, 3 sockets with one switch by the door.


That would have been a posh house then. The ones I have rewired usually
were just live lighting sockets with no switches.

yes - it was in Murrayfield, Edinburgh. A posh suburb.

On the few occasions I have seen such a set up (ie a remotely switched 5A
socket not just an always live 5A socket in pre 1930s wiring) it must be
worth mentioning that one of them was in Marchmont:-)

5A sockets are back in fashion at all the good rewires I do. Of course the
switching is now done by the iPod and not by a switch on the wall if the
customer has money to burn.

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Adam