On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:31:05 +0000, MG wrote:

Hi

What is with all these new fangled screw heads on modern electrical
appliances?? I know the Torx type, but I have a fan heater I want to
put a longer cable on and I can't ID the screw head to open it...

I mean for God's sake, we are not all idiots...!

What do I need to get and from where??

If you only wanted to do this one job then simply extending the cable
using a cable connector (10A 3 pin unless appliance is over 2.3kW) will
do. [Putting the plug part on the appliance end unlike the howto guide
from B&Q!]

But you'll want a neater job and are much aggreived by being locked out. So
buy a set of security bits from Screwfix #18983 -one of those will let you
in.


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Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
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