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Some UK design Plugtops do seem better than others in their fuse holding heat disapation properties, take care of that and the cord holding method (another thing that could do with improvement with some makes).

Yes you might be right, the few that I have actually noticed then not much. In reality, perhaps good practice we were taught along with all other stuff, whether in pro life or everyday life we all get taught things and some stick. Those that get repeated often and by the "Great & Good" in our...

Yes John it would be quite rare or at least not common but I feel that the possible advantage gain by E disconnecting last (or actually remaining connected once one or both lives have disconnected ) could sometimes be a worthwhile thing - an improvement on not doing such a relatively easy thing...

Well when I said Biased that was my way of agreeing I might not be right therefore I might be wrong. I do think I am right or thereabouts (with the ones I have tried on holidays etc, therefore not exhaustive) but I would be open to a rethink too if someone wants to try, fair fair. Truth is that...

Well if all your own meters etc are after the isolator you could fit as many as you like (100 for example) and if all of those 100 loosely agree but your supplier one does not it might suggest the suppliers meter needs a rethink, similarly with test gear it might give you some approximation as...

Basically, with a Ring Final Circuit you can run a Radial Leg (Called a Spur) from it either fused down or not - the max load on that spur can be one twin or one single socket (or one Fused Connection Unit - switched or not switched as required) . You can actually do the same with a correctly...

"Should" or "Shall" ;)

No that sounds about right. Years ago when I was young it was "Do not break the seal" then if you reported it was already broken they would come and reseal it virtrually no questions asked. In fact I came accross a broken seal on a job I was on and I had applied for a reconnection and asked the...

Could you not have an output to a tail block them from the tail block to your meter then from your meter to your Consumer Unit.

So you fitted a meter between the company Meter and the your local Isolator instead of after your local isolator ? May I ask Why? In other words why not after your local isolator and hence the seal could have been left intact !

I once bought a few AU plugs to make some extension leads for 6 gang BS trailing sockets for my daughter and gave her strict instructions to change all her fuses to 10A fuses (I gave her a few packs of them later) , a few months later I asked her if she had fittend them "No need Dad, they all...

I think that they had only just started realise that you could light a room using electricity back then (Gas Mantles were the norm)

Please let us know the result once you do that.

Just to add to that a little, vibration form nearby over time can cause connections to tighten/slacken to some extent too so if its under a floorboard to a romm above it and it gets some traffic then that too can be a source of change. Whether filament lamps or fluorescent lamps (Including CFLs)...

It might be a Radial Final Circuit , Taylor

Well yes agreed, buy why? (unless, of course. they are trying to impress certain people and just by actually doing so might bring them additional benefits therefore might be a good idea. Nowt stranger than folk. Strange world innit? I would have thought though that it might be more likely to...

Exactly the kind of thing I do not like and more to the point the fact that some people consider paying good money for it. I really do despair! Another thing that causes me some despair is that some people post replies that have no place on the forum but merely infantile remarks about some...

I must admit I ike to notice that some manufacturers etc like to use serial numbers yet do not always call them serial numbers or explain them and plus the often have a serial nmber or three that are totally irrevant to us mere mortals. I do wonder if it`s just a ploy to make themselves look...

No I do not quite agree with you there John. Without good reason, I think it is just Crass Vanity, humankind at its worst so to speak. On top of that people stating "Ohh it spells my name" often it does not do that or anywhere near that. We people of the North (us Norfs as we calls `em) tend...

Anyway it is all really silly if you ask me. Some folk have more money than sense. Actually it might have been that one he had or was thinking of having and at the price back then he reckoned it was a snip and thats why I made my comment Ok to sell on at a good profit but otherwise not.