Lighting spur off power
 

ARW wrote:
And this one was powering a CCTV camera. The wall wart would not fit in the
socket behind the wall mounted TV. The other end of the flex was hard wired
into the socket.
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/FU1.jpg

Well no wonder, the moron manufacturers have built the damn thing upside
down with the flex go out of the top instead of the botton as required by
BS1363.

jgh

Lighting spur off power
 

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ARW wrote:
And this one was powering a CCTV camera. The wall wart would not fit in
the
socket behind the wall mounted TV. The other end of the flex was hard
wired
into the socket.
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/FU1.jpg

Well no wonder, the moron manufacturers have built the damn thing upside
down with the flex go out of the top instead of the botton as required by
BS1363.



And only one person has said or noticed (I got an email) that the polarity
is the wrong way around!
--
Adam

Lighting spur off power
 

On 2016-03-16, ARW wrote:

wrote in message
...
ARW wrote:
And this one was powering a CCTV camera. The wall wart would not fit in
the
socket behind the wall mounted TV. The other end of the flex was hard
wired
into the socket.
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/FU1.jpg

Well no wonder, the moron manufacturers have built the damn thing upside
down with the flex go out of the top instead of the botton as required by
BS1363.



And only one person has said or noticed (I got an email) that the polarity
is the wrong way around!

That's obviously to make up for the plug being upside-down.