On Wednesday, 25 September 2019 22:30:59 UTC+1, charles wrote:
In article ,
tabbypurr wrote:
On Wednesday, 25 September 2019 20:50:22 UTC+1, charles wrote:

when we moved in, there were 4 x 15A sockets - one in each bedroom and
1 in the kitchen (a 1946 install)

2 pole fused presumably. Such setups were sometimes joined up to make 2
ring circuits, each run on 4x 15A fuses.

I suspect there were fuses on the neutal, too.

ie 2 pole fused

Certainly no ring.

Part of the thinking behind the design of he ring circuits we use now was that 2 old 15A radials could be joined by a new bit of cable, now operating as a 30A ring, and unlimited 13A sockets be added. The resulting ring of course then ran off no less than 4 fuses! But it worked.


Oh and
theer were a couple of 5A sockets off the lighting fuses for downstairs.

those are still permitted & increasingly popular. Now they're used for lighting.


NT