lighting adapter to 3 pin plug

[Paul_C]

Are you sure that the sockets you have are actually BS546 5-amp types? Switched lighting outlets are more commonly the much smaller 2-amp variety.

As for the non-sleeved pins on older BS1363-BS546 adapters, it's hardly a big deal. Thousands of BS1363 plugs with non-sleeved pins are still in use quite safely.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

 

[plugwash]

http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-elec/a00...ssellid=PL10300&crosssell=true&in_merch=true& claims to convert all continents plugs to a UK plug and is fused, looking at the pictures it appears it will take a 5A BS546 and maybe a 2A one too.

 

[SUNRAY]

No that’s 5A 3 pin and 5A 2 pin


EDIT: Sorry ignore this, accidental select from the historic threads at the bottom.

 

[morqthana]

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[AndyPRK]

Link doesn’t work 404

 

[morqthana]

Link doesn’t work 404

Yup.

And #20 was not a similar reply from me before I edited it having realised how old the thread is.

Definitely was not.

 

[SUNRAY]

Link doesn’t work 404

Hardly surprising as it's 17 years old.

 

[AndyPRK]

A certain person had reposted it.

You can guess who! lol

 

[SUNRAY]

A certain person had reposted it.

You can guess who! lol

It hardly requires any guessing, at the time I thought I was replying in this thread: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/2-pin-adapter.659536/

 

[ebee]

If we designed a circuit in a domestic property and decided that all of the points would be either BS 546 15A sockets would we design as a ring final or a radial and what would we fuse the circuit at (or MCB size it) and would we limit the number of points and/or the area seved by such a circuit?

Indeed ask the same question of a 3A or 2A setup and would we be tempted to mix which socket amperages might be found on any circuit?

Just a thought

 

[SUNRAY]

If we designed a circuit in a domestic property and decided that all of the points would be either BS 546 15A sockets would we design as a ring final or a radial and what would we fuse the circuit at (or MCB size it) and would we limit the number of points and/or the area seved by such a circuit?

Indeed ask the same question of a 3A or 2A setup and would we be tempted to mix which socket amperages might be found on any circuit?

Just a thought

Well we always did before BS1363/ring finals became popular.

 

[mikehammer69]

If we designed a circuit in a domestic property and decided that all of the points would be either BS 546 15A sockets would we design as a ring final or a radial and what would we fuse the circuit at (or MCB size it) and would we limit the number of points and/or the area seved by such a circuit?

Indeed ask the same question of a 3A or 2A setup and would we be tempted to mix which socket amperages might be found on any circuit?

Just a thought

Radial or ring shouldn't matter , preferably radial

MCB protects cable

Area or number of outlets , there's a lot of variables with that. It's set to try and avoid overload

 

[dal5band]

Presumably, the 5 amp lighting sockets are either on the lighting circuit or have a 5 amp fused position on the consumer unit. (As there is no fuse in the round pin plugs).

 

[Taylortwocities]

Presumably, the 5 amp lighting sockets are either on the lighting circuit or have a 5 amp fused position on the consumer unit. (As there is no fuse in the round pin plugs).

And no fuse in the consumer unit either! Otherwise it would be called a fuseboard.!
Most likely a 6amp MCB, rcbo, etc....