Lighting feed.

[vera&co]

Doing some partial rewiring and I found this under the stairs, the two single cables coming out of the baynet fitting were supplying the 1st floor lighting!

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb216/verasparkie/100_0020.jpg

 

[Steve]

certainly needs a rewire. old light switches, and those couplers and 5a bayonet plugs were made illegal decades ago, IIRC.

 

[chris_1982]

i've never come across those fittings before

 

[JohnD]

young feller.

 

[Steve]

young feller.

I remember them John

 

[bernardgreen]

We used to move the bulb to the one on the side and plug the electric iron into the straight down one. That way the weight of the iron lead put less strain on the pendant wire by not bending it.

I also saw one with three sockets, radio, lamp and iron. We never aspired to that luxury. Nearest was using two 2 ways for Xmas lamps radio and lamp.

Great days, pity you youngsters missed all those good times.

 

[Roo]

I'm still young and I remember couple of those fittings lying about my parents shed.

 

[Taylortwocities]

You could get a 2-way version (from woolies) that had a switch. IIRC the side bayonet was always on and the switch controlled the straight down bayonet.

Yes, great in the bathroom too, electric shaver (Ronson, of course) and doing the, ironing - how did that 5A fusewire stand it?