Recent content by OrGazM

Yep...born'n'bred. Moved to Norway 4 years ago and still struggling with the WIERD electrical system!!! Strange how a thread 3 years old comes back to life..... btw, know anyone good with fridges?...lost a phase t'other night and our Samsung side by side won't start up anymore. Compressor...

RF Lighting.....just seen where you're from....I worked at LGI for 15 years....

We also had some BIGGER, round pin ones....that would take 6mm cables ( I seem to remember 2.5 for the "red" plugs...maybe 4mm at a squeeze). Each socket was tested for it's impedance, and labelled, and the X-Ray machine had to be set to the correct compensation to allow for voltage drop! PEAK...

Oh dear....I still remember my old dad wrapping his cig paper around a blown fuse and stuffing it back in....for another 5 years or so :oops: Didn't matter WHAT size fuse...the ally foil made it work again! When I was about 10, he also made me a "new" bedroom...complete with a desk for...

Always good to keep a popular thread alive though???? :oops:

3 mins and I'd have got an ear-full.....sorry, new to the site, and my elephant brain (fat, grey and wrinkled) didn't register the dates!

Still got a couple that I used on welders.....NOT much use to me now with the pathetic Euro plugs tho'

Sorry, didn't look at dates....was just searching for cable ratings that "maybe" I could apply to my own house wiring here in Norway. We also still use "metal" sheathed T+E cables, but at least the sheath is aluminium and not lead!!!!! Still a pain in the bottom to strip back tho'!!! Strange...

The fuse is there to protect the cable...NOT the appliance, ANY appliance! I worked for 15 years as a Hospital X-Ray engineer...and OUR rules are FAR stricter than any domestic/commercial ones! THE FUSE PROTECTS THE CABLE....if the appliance blows the fuse, it's already kn*ckered! OK, I...