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Blurry photos - and convoluted question. Those Contacts may be too weak for purpose (!) Presumably, the 5W refers to the power used by the "Bi-Metal Strip", NOT the "Heating Element" which it is switching.

I do not use a Tumble Dryer but I just use a Washing Machine. I regularly set the Washing Machine to wash in the early hours of the morning and then "hang-out" the washing (in the bright Australian sunlight,) after I get-up! No problems, after about 40 years!

In that case, who changed the plug - where and when?

If this is a 2-pin UK "Shaver Plug", the device to which it is connected is double-insulated and does not have an Earth connection. It is a Power-Supply in which the output is isolated from the Mains. The "output" if this Power-Supply is fed to an induction coil in the Base for the toothbrush...

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Thank you for your considered response. You wrote "many other countries seem to have done a bit better at addressing the issue!" I wonder, could you specify such "Countries" ? I am not sure that my country of Australia would qualify!

Which is a "problem", where the UK (and North America) has not eliminated this "necessity" with their designs of such devices. Unlike, in certain other Countries, which, by the better design of "double insulating", such "necessities" have been eliminated.

Har, bl**dy har! (Australia is now defined as the world's Smallest CONTINENT and not (both at the same time) the world's Largest ISLAND. The worlds largest ISLAND is now defined as Greenland.

How amazing is it that some would install NINE 60 Degree angled little area illuminating "Down-Lights", to light a whole Kitchen Area, which actually requires "General-Lighting" - which could be provided by one, or more, LED Panels - and (possibly) localized "Task Lighting" and/or "Under...

There has been much discussion on this site concerning the original Post. Have another look at the photo. These pair of Socket-Outlets seem to be near the Floor. The sign has been partially "painted over". There is obvious dust/dirt on the "ledge" below it and there does not seem to be a curved...

(If that device will operate on AC and the Halogen power supply is just a Transformer or a Power supply with no minimum output there will be no problem.) and flameport:- I do not wish to be "argumentative" but you will find that (virtually) all such devices are actually made in China ! Many...

Yes - depending on the suitability of the replacement G4 LED Any wattage is suitable, provided that the Power Supply can supply it. Let's not get into any argument ! However, that which you require is a 12 V DC Power Supply. The MAINS AC will be "transformed" into a Lower Voltage and...

Replace with SLEEVING.

The situation would be not unlike the case with a Motor Vehicle, where:- On a motor vehicle, "earth" refers to the metal body of the car itself, which acts as (usually) the negative terminal of the electrical system, providing a return path for current and essentially acting as a "grounding...

I realize that this thread started off as somewhat of a Joke. However, there is this:- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20220005893/downloads/Power%20and%20Energy%20for%20the%20Lunar%20Surface.pdf among others,

Probably longer than it takes to get things (cheaper) from China - where most (if not all) of these things are made. https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-cob-led-strips.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.search.0

Why was it removed? Does/did this other switch operate the same light? If so, a photo of the wiring existing at that switch would be of assistance. Was it not connected? Did the light work at that time? Where they still are. OR, obtain an appropriately sized nut and fix it in position, using...

Current / Wattage depends on the Type of LED Chip, Number of Chips per Metre, Total number of metres. For SMD 5050 LED Chips, each Chip draws (up to) 0.2 W. If you had a Strip with 84 Chips/Metre this would use (up to) 16.8 W/m. At 12 V, this is 1.4 A/m For 7 Metres, (at 12 V), this would...

I wondered about that also and had to look it up. I then discovered that that product is much the same as the "Hollow Wall Anchor", sold here by Ramset https://www.bunnings.com.au/ramset-16mm-hollow-wall-anchor-4-pack_p2264781 Also described as "Steel Expanding Bolt Cavity Fixing" by...

Such an arrangement is not in series. The Positives and Negative leads in the LED Strip go from end to end and each of the LED "sections" are across these two (or five) conductors - in parallel.