On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:58:44 UTC, Frank Erskine
wrote:

Anybody remember 10A round pin plugs/sockets? I only vaguely remember
references to them as somewhere between (obviously!) 5A and 15A sizes.
At one time you could buy a card of fuse wire with three bits of wire
labelled as 5A for lighting, 10A for heating and 15A for power (whatever
"power" was!).

Yes, I remember all those! And having DC mains....

1) Setting fire to a pile of newspapers (and an armchair) when
experimentally removing a plug from its socket without switching off the
electric fire it was feeding. Nice arc!

2) Having a Tri-Ang train set powered by a rotary converter; then, one
day, changing it for this silent red box that apparently did the same
job...

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Bob Eager
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