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Installing a French electrical socket in a UK house?

Lisa Miles
Hi all


I've recently seen in one of the Facebook groups I'm a member of, someone asking for advice on installing a french electrical outlet in his home in the UK.


I'm guessing that it's because he has some European plugged equipment that he wants to be able to plug in without using some form of adaptor, because he says it "reverses the polarity".


Is this safe? Or even allowed? ?
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    Sparkingchip:

    So long as the socket has shutters it complies with BS7671 doesn't it?


    Not quite that simple.

    Regulation 511.1 applies. If the socket-outlet is shuttered, and complies with a British or Harmonized standard, (that is, HD nnnnn[-xx[-yy]] or EN nnnnn[-xx[-yy]]) then all is well. Otherwise, the 2nd para of Reg 511.1 requires the designer or specifier to confirm "not a lesser degree of safety" and Reg 511.2 applies and design documentation needs to be appended to the documentation shown in Part 6.


    Legrand do shuttered versions of NFC 15-100 compliant socket-outlets (to NFC C 61-314), but because NFC C 61-314 is neither an HD nor an EN, you'd still need the confirmation paperwork conforming "not a lesser degree of safety". 


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    Sparkingchip:

    So long as the socket has shutters it complies with BS7671 doesn't it?


    Not quite that simple.

    Regulation 511.1 applies. If the socket-outlet is shuttered, and complies with a British or Harmonized standard, (that is, HD nnnnn[-xx[-yy]] or EN nnnnn[-xx[-yy]]) then all is well. Otherwise, the 2nd para of Reg 511.1 requires the designer or specifier to confirm "not a lesser degree of safety" and Reg 511.2 applies and design documentation needs to be appended to the documentation shown in Part 6.


    Legrand do shuttered versions of NFC 15-100 compliant socket-outlets (to NFC C 61-314), but because NFC C 61-314 is neither an HD nor an EN, you'd still need the confirmation paperwork conforming "not a lesser degree of safety". 


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