Some years ago, when moving into a house with a mate of mine which was seriuosly void of enough socketry for modern living,
he asked if I could provide some parts for making up an extension lead for his bedroom. Being in a position to do so,
I aquired a plug top, some 1.5mm flex & a 4 way trailing socket.
I asked what length he needed, he said, "that's no problem, I'll connect it up".
Thinking nothing of it, I let him get on with it.
As it worked, I also thought nothing of it.
Some years later, we moved house again & it transpired that the length of the lead he'd made was no longer required for his use,
so I decided it would be of use to me.
So I layed the required length of flex out which suited my requirements & cut the flex to length.
Having whipped the remaining flex out of the trailing socket I reconnected the flex into the correct terminals.
After scratching my head as to why it no longer worked (leaning over my non double insulated hifi gear with metal casing), I decided to check the wiring
of the plug top.
He'd only wired the brown core to earth & the green/yellow core to phase, because "brown is the colour of earth"
Luckily, I was wearing my big novelty slippers at the time!
he asked if I could provide some parts for making up an extension lead for his bedroom. Being in a position to do so,
I aquired a plug top, some 1.5mm flex & a 4 way trailing socket.
I asked what length he needed, he said, "that's no problem, I'll connect it up".
Thinking nothing of it, I let him get on with it.
As it worked, I also thought nothing of it.
Some years later, we moved house again & it transpired that the length of the lead he'd made was no longer required for his use,
so I decided it would be of use to me.
So I layed the required length of flex out which suited my requirements & cut the flex to length.
Having whipped the remaining flex out of the trailing socket I reconnected the flex into the correct terminals.
After scratching my head as to why it no longer worked (leaning over my non double insulated hifi gear with metal casing), I decided to check the wiring
of the plug top.
He'd only wired the brown core to earth & the green/yellow core to phase, because "brown is the colour of earth"
Luckily, I was wearing my big novelty slippers at the time!
