2A And Proud Of It!

[ceraunic_level]

Personally I like a bit of a gap between outlets, I think its more aesthetically pleasing

 

[securespark]

And I'm glad you didn't do it vertically. That would have kept me awake at night.

Sweet dreams!

 

[sparkyspike]

Aaghhhhhhhhhh!!!

Put some plastic covers on those quickly!

Off to get some forks to stick in my eyes.....

 

[securespark]

Put some plastic covers on those quickly!

Now you're going to give me nightmares...

 

[conny]

Once told to always dress them vertical so it it rained the water would run down the slot and not form a puddle.

I was 16 and sure he was taking the Michael!

 

[ColJack]

it's a reasonable theory.. stops dust from stopping on the ledge too..

 

[bernardgreen]

One vertical as an " L" for live. and the other horizontal as a minus sign for Negative to show the polarities of the holes in the sockets.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Can you get them with Torx heads?

I was pulled up on putting a TV point too close to a 13A socket outlet once, during an annual NIC inspection. The point being that if the face plates were changed to metal, then as the two plates could touch, this was not permitted. I'm not sure where this is indicated in the regs - I just took the advice of my inspector.

I suppose in this respect, even plastic back boxes would not be permitted.

Have I misunderstood something, or was my inspector wrong, or picky?

Look around here at example after example after example of electricians not understanding regulations, and always doing things the way they've always done them.

They don't change their nature when they become NICEIC inspectors...

 

[Spark123]

I would have thought it is good practice to wire two way switches so that when both switches are in the same position, the light is off.

Maybe I'm just picky

Not really - I like to see that too as you are probably aware in rural areas the odd power cut isn't rare.
If it is wired so all switches are in the off position the light is off then during a power cut they can be set so the light doesn't come on when the electricity is restored.

 

[roberta1000]

Once told to always dress them vertical so it it rained the water would run down the slot and not form a puddle.

I was 16 and sure he was taking the Michael!

Funnily enough I was taught that too as an apprentice and I still do it. Quite a few stripped/burred/broken ones behind me now too trying to get that last quarter turn.

 

[RF Lighting]

I was taught to keep screws vertical for the same reason when you are using black jap / brass screws for p clipping pyro outside.

 

[BS3036]

Can't let you get away with this blatant 2A propaganda! But sorry about the crap photography.

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BTW I don't dress screws. You can't have the correct torque *and* dress screws at the same time.

 

[conny]

You can't have the correct torque *

One mans 'torque' is another mans heavy handedness!

(Unless you use a torque wrench! )

 

[Lectrician]

Can't let you get away with this blatant 2A propaganda! But sorry about the crap photography.

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BTW I don't dress screws. You can't have the correct torque *and* dress screws at the same time.

A decent spark always dresses the screws

You could have atleast used an unswitched socket. Looking at that, if there was two appliances plugged in already, and I needed to plug in my hoover, I wouldn't bother reading the small text. It could simply be the circuit and DB info as required on many installs.

Sorry, I really do not agree with 13amp sockets on a lighting circuit.

 

[scousespark]

Once told to always dress them vertical so it it rained the water would run down the slot and not form a puddle.

I was 16 and sure he was taking the Michael!

do you get a lot of rainwater dripping down your living room wall?