Indeed - I was hoping to find a somewhat less conspicuous colour - that lightish green might have been a possibility.
Kind Regards, John
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Kind Regards, John
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Why did you want to identify them?
To stop people trying to use them when they were dead, or to stop people trying to plug particle accelerators in?
To stop people trying to use them when they were dead, or to stop people trying to plug particle accelerators in?
The former. If I weren't around, they might have called out an electrician if they came across a 'dead socket'!
Kind Regards, John
No room on the faceplate and behind for a sub-miniature 230V neon or LED indicator?
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Probably - but that would hardly help when the circuit was 'dead' (hence LED or neon not lit) - it would probably still seem to someone who wasn't 'in the know' as being a dead/faulty socket!
In the end I settled for using standard sockets (the same as all the others) but with (reaching for flak jacket
) "socket protectors" normally plugged into them!Kind Regards, John
How would those, or indeed coloured sockets, have told someone not in the know that they were normally supposed to be dead?In the end I settled for using standard sockets (the same as all the others) but with (reaching for flak jacket
In "aesthetically unimportant" places like utility rooms, office etc., that's what I do. However, a few are in living areas and I wanted something a little more aesthtically pleasing!
Quite a long story, but the short answer is esentially "yes". One of the practical reasons is that there are a number of lights scattered around the house (permanently 'switched on') which are wired directly into that circuit - so they automatically come on when the genny is fired up. However, there is also one circuit which does have a changeover switch - mainly for the CH boiler and controls (and my internet modem/routers) etc.
Of course, Murphy's law worked well on this occasion. When I installed all that, 20 or so years ago, we were having quite frequent and fairly prolonged power cuts (one flash of lighting within miles and the power could go off for an hour or five!) but, since I made the provision, I have hardly ever had to use it 'in anger'!
Kind Regards, John
They obviously wouldn't, with any certainty, but the fact that they were clearly 'different' might at least have made them think that perhaps they were not 'normal sockets'. In any event, it's not just "them" or "people not in know". There are places where there are 'normal' and 'genny' sockets next to one another - and, without some distinguishing features, even I would probably not remember 'which was which'!How would those, or indeed coloured sockets, have told someone not in the know that they were normally supposed to be dead?In the end I settled for using standard sockets (the same as all the others) but with (reaching for flak jacket
Kind Regards, John
A indicator lamp, even if off, would be a distinguishing feature
Or you could have mounted the sockets upside down.
Or taken a fine point permanent marker to the screwheads.
Or you could have mounted the sockets upside down.
Or taken a fine point permanent marker to the screwheads.
It would, at least for me. Actually, you remind me, it's not actually true that all of them have "protectors" plugged in. Some have 'nightlights in a plug' - which is an aid to finding them when they are needed.A indicator lamp, even if off, would be a distinguishing feature
I did consider that, but thought it would look a little odd in living areas etc.!
Again, only really for me - and not necessarily what one wants to be looking for when there is a power cut and one wants to locate the 'genny' one!
Whatever, I'm happy with what I ended up with - which probably does the job as well as any of these other ideas would.
Kind Regards, John
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