'morning.

I have a couple of these:

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BSPH10.html

Which light up my patio real nice.

However, with the way things are, there is one socket into which I don't
want to fit a bulb (for complicated reasons). As a short-term measure
I've, er, taped over the socket but this needs a better solution.

I guess what I need is the plug part of an E27 bulb to act as a filler
for the socket, but I'm clueless as to what this might be called.

My internet searches have proved worthless and so I turn here. Is there
some device which I can screw into an E27 socket which will render the
installation safe?

Thanks & regards

Devany wrote:

I have a couple of these:

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BSPH10.html

Which light up my patio real nice.

However, with the way things are, there is one socket into which I don't
want to fit a bulb (for complicated reasons). As a short-term measure
I've, er, taped over the socket but this needs a better solution.

I guess what I need is the plug part of an E27 bulb to act as a filler
for the socket, but I'm clueless as to what this might be called.

My internet searches have proved worthless and so I turn here. Is there
some device which I can screw into an E27 socket which will render the
installation safe?

Can you (or someone else if you don't feel up to it) not remove one of
the lampholders, then make good the joint with some heatshrink tubing?

I wouldn't be surprised if the lampholders had a type of insulation
displacement connector, so the joint would be quite inconspicuous, or
for a slightly more conspicuous way, replace the non-required lampholder
with a weatherproof connector

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...ors/index.html

either permanent, or a 2 or 3 core unpluggable one, as required (connect
the male/female parts the right way round).

"Devany" wrote in message
...
'morning.

I have a couple of these:

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BSPH10.html

Which light up my patio real nice.

However, with the way things are, there is one socket into which I don't
want to fit a bulb (for complicated reasons). As a short-term measure
I've, er, taped over the socket but this needs a better solution.

I guess what I need is the plug part of an E27 bulb to act as a filler for
the socket, but I'm clueless as to what this might be called.

My internet searches have proved worthless and so I turn here. Is there
some device which I can screw into an E27 socket which will render the
installation safe?

Excuse me stating the obvious, but why not use a failed ES lamp
in this position, or seal the socket with self amalgamating tape?

Incidentally I don't hold with this B22 / E27 nonsense, I call a spade a
spade.
I asked for a pair of U2 batteries recently, the guy hadn't a clue!

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

Devany wrote:
'morning.

I have a couple of these:

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BSPH10.html

Which light up my patio real nice.

However, with the way things are, there is one socket into which I don't
want to fit a bulb (for complicated reasons). As a short-term measure
I've, er, taped over the socket but this needs a better solution.

I guess what I need is the plug part of an E27 bulb to act as a filler
for the socket, but I'm clueless as to what this might be called.

My internet searches have proved worthless and so I turn here. Is there
some device which I can screw into an E27 socket which will render the
installation safe?

Thanks & regards

dead bulb. Dont try the heatshrink idea.


NT

Devany wrote:
'morning.

I have a couple of these:

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BSPH10.html

Which light up my patio real nice.

However, with the way things are, there is one socket into which I don't
want to fit a bulb (for complicated reasons). As a short-term measure
I've, er, taped over the socket but this needs a better solution.

I guess what I need is the plug part of an E27 bulb to act as a filler
for the socket, but I'm clueless as to what this might be called.

My internet searches have proved worthless and so I turn here. Is there
some device which I can screw into an E27 socket which will render the
installation safe?

Thanks & regards

I don't think you can buy ES plugs as such, but you cold buy an ES to BC
adapter, e.g.

http://www.nationallampsandcomponent...C_Adaptor/2240

(cheaper on Ebay, though)

and fill the BC hole with a scrap of wood (or anything insulating and
inert) then top off with epoxy resin (or polyester resin or car body
filler or potting compound or epoxy glue or hot-melt glue)

Devany wrote:

My internet searches have proved worthless and so I turn here. Is there
some device which I can screw into an E27 socket which will render the
installation safe?

Thanks & regards

A US 2-pin to edison screw travel adaptor might do (I've got one but
can't find one on google yet), or similar for adapting use of halogen
bulbs to that socket. Easier to apply the tape over that?
Could you you can cut the offending socket out?

--
Adrian C

wrote:

dead bulb.

My first though, then I wondered if a lamp won't physically fit into one
particular location rather than the O/P just not wanting the
illumination at that point.

Dont try the heatshrink idea.

The lampset is only IP44 rated, at least some of the the adhesive lined
shrink tube is also IP44 rated.

In article ,
Devany wrote:
However, with the way things are, there is one socket into which I don't
want to fit a bulb (for complicated reasons). As a short-term measure
I've, er, taped over the socket but this needs a better solution.

I guess what I need is the plug part of an E27 bulb to act as a filler
for the socket, but I'm clueless as to what this might be called.

My internet searches have proved worthless and so I turn here. Is there
some device which I can screw into an E27 socket which will render the
installation safe?

'Plugs' to fit light sockets have not been available in the UK for many a
year for obvious reasons - there is no EEC for a start.

You used to be able to buy ES to 2 pin adaptors which would be safer than
an open socket - try Ebay for travel adaptors.

--
*A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
...
wrote:

dead bulb.

My first though, then I wondered if a lamp won't physically fit into one
particular location rather than the O/P just not wanting the illumination
at that point.

Dont try the heatshrink idea.

The lampset is only IP44 rated, at least some of the the adhesive lined
shrink tube is also IP44 rated.

The technique itself may be sound. The skill-set of the OP
to apply it safely may not be. I think that was the point.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

Graham. wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
...
wrote:

Dont try the heatshrink idea.

The lampset is only IP44 rated, at least some of the the adhesive lined
shrink tube is also IP44 rated.

The technique itself may be sound. The skill-set of the OP
to apply it safely may not be. I think that was the point.

Which was why I suggested getting someone else to do it of the O/P
didn't feel up to it.

Andy Burns wrote:
Graham. wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
...
wrote:

Dont try the heatshrink idea.

The lampset is only IP44 rated, at least some of the the adhesive lined
shrink tube is also IP44 rated.

The technique itself may be sound. The skill-set of the OP
to apply it safely may not be. I think that was the point.

Which was why I suggested getting someone else to do it of the O/P
didn't feel up to it.

The original light set is rain proof, and needs to be. Heatshrink
sleeve is definitely not. Adhesive lined heatshrink might be if
properly applied... I still wouldnt recommend it though. No sense
doing something dodgy when its easy to do it right.

Another point is that such lights generally need a bulb in them to
ensure they point downwards. An ES plug might or might not do this.

If there were no space for a lamp, the socket could be filled with
epoxy resin.


NT

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Graham." saying
something like:

I asked for a pair of U2 batteries recently, the guy hadn't a clue!

Probably thought you were talking about Bono-****** and co. Even the
humble PP3 has been eclipsed by some other term.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave Plowman (News)"
saying something like:

*A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.*

Coat!

In article ,
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
Probably thought you were talking about Bono-****** and co. Even the
humble PP3 has been eclipsed by some other term.

Seems to have come back into fashion after the MN 1604 period.

--
*A plateau is a high form of flattery*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
writes:
The original light set is rain proof, and needs to be. Heatshrink
sleeve is definitely not. Adhesive lined heatshrink might be if
properly applied... I still wouldnt recommend it though. No sense
doing something dodgy when its easy to do it right.

Another point is that such lights generally need a bulb in them to
ensure they point downwards. An ES plug might or might not do this.

Another point which I found out in 20 years of looking after some
sets of these lights is that they need the heat from the bulb to
remain dry too. Leave a dead bulb in too long out in the rain, and
eventually that lampholder will become damp and start arcing across.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

Devany wrote:
'morning.

I have a couple of these:

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BSPH10.html

Which light up my patio real nice.

However, with the way things are, there is one socket into which I don't
want to fit a bulb (for complicated reasons). As a short-term measure
I've, er, taped over the socket but this needs a better solution.

I guess what I need is the plug part of an E27 bulb to act as a filler
for the socket, but I'm clueless as to what this might be called.

My internet searches have proved worthless and so I turn here. Is there
some device which I can screw into an E27 socket which will render the
installation safe?

Thanks & regards

Thanks for all the ideas.

Gives me a lot to go on.

On Sat, 30 May 2009 09:25:06 +0100, Graham. wrote:

"Devany" wrote in message
...
'morning.

I have a couple of these:

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BSPH10.html

Which light up my patio real nice.

However, with the way things are, there is one socket into which I don't
want to fit a bulb (for complicated reasons). As a short-term measure
I've, er, taped over the socket but this needs a better solution.

I guess what I need is the plug part of an E27 bulb to act as a filler for
the socket, but I'm clueless as to what this might be called.

My internet searches have proved worthless and so I turn here. Is there
some device which I can screw into an E27 socket which will render the
installation safe?

Excuse me stating the obvious, but why not use a failed ES lamp
in this position, or seal the socket with self amalgamating tape?

Incidentally I don't hold with this B22 / E27 nonsense, I call a spade a
spade.
I asked for a pair of U2 batteries recently, the guy hadn't a clue!

It's alright, most of them don't understand D-cell either! Don't even think
of asking for SP11s.

SteveW