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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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    I have only ever found one Shucko socket hardwired in the UK. To be more precise it was actually in a bathroom in Wales, it had been installed for a plug in timer to supply under floor heating, it was one of those moments when you look at something and just think “What the ####”.


    As one of the jobs on the sheet was to disconnect the UFH it wasn’t an issue as I just removed it, the customers said the UFH never did work and didn’t think it was worth trying to repair.


    However just in the last year I have seen a couple of kettles with Shucko plugs rammed into inappropriate 13 amp socket adapters leaving them without an earth connection, when all the owners had to do was buy a replacement lead.


    I cannot really see there much of a need for Shucko sockets in UK installations, most laptop supply’s and the like can just have the lead or the complete power supply swapped.
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    I have only ever found one Shucko socket hardwired in the UK. To be more precise it was actually in a bathroom in Wales, it had been installed for a plug in timer to supply under floor heating, it was one of those moments when you look at something and just think “What the ####”.


    As one of the jobs on the sheet was to disconnect the UFH it wasn’t an issue as I just removed it, the customers said the UFH never did work and didn’t think it was worth trying to repair.


    However just in the last year I have seen a couple of kettles with Shucko plugs rammed into inappropriate 13 amp socket adapters leaving them without an earth connection, when all the owners had to do was buy a replacement lead.


    I cannot really see there much of a need for Shucko sockets in UK installations, most laptop supply’s and the like can just have the lead or the complete power supply swapped.
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