Thats how you do it, I've put one of those 50mm desk tidy things in since.
Floating sockets..
- Thread starter robinbanks
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I think we're definitely going to have to 'agree to disagree' on this
Just to make sure I'm not doing you an injustice ... are you saying that a trailing socket lying on the floor, wired with flex that went through a hole in a shelf to a plug that was plugged into a wall mounted socket would be 'acceptable', whereas it would not be acceptable if, rather than having a plug on it's end, the flex was 'hard-wired' into a wall-mounted FCU, switch, outlet plate, connector block/Wagos (behind blank plate) etc. etc. ... and that, given that you have cited 134.1.1, you would actually give a C3 to the latter?
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Yes C3...I think we're definitely going to have to 'agree to disagree' on this
Just to make sure I'm not doing you an injustice ... are you saying that a trailing socket lying on the floor, wired with flex that went through a hole in a shelf to a plug that was plugged into a wall mounted socket would be 'acceptable', whereas it would not be acceptable if, rather than having a plug on it's end, the flex was 'hard-wired' into a wall-mounted FCU, switch, outlet plate, connector block/Wagos (behind blank plate) etc. etc. ... and that, given that you have cited 134.1.1, you would actually give a C3 to the latter?
Whats 132.12 again?
No wrong one cant remember im out at the moment...
But still C3 yeah agree to disagree
132.12 is about 'accessibility of electrical equipment' - presumably no problem with either what you or I were describing. 134.1.1, which you previously mentioned, is about 'good workmanship', and hence is a 'catch-all' that can mean anything to anyone
I'm rather surprised. It might sound like a silly, maybe even facetious, hypothetical question to ask, but your answer might possibly help me to understand your thinking, so ....But still C3 yeah agree to disagree
... if you still regard the 'latter situation' described in my last post as not being acceptable, would that remain the case if I super-glued the plug to the socket?
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