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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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    Chris Pearson:
    gkenyon:

    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". 


    I suspect that the opinion may depend upon who is giving it. Would the French really admit that their sockets are less safe than ours?




    Agreed - it's just that BS 7671 demands a piece of paper (or its digital equivalent I guess) from the Designer of the installation, or the person specifying the product, confirming such.


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    Chris Pearson:
    gkenyon:

    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". 


    I suspect that the opinion may depend upon who is giving it. Would the French really admit that their sockets are less safe than ours?




    Agreed - it's just that BS 7671 demands a piece of paper (or its digital equivalent I guess) from the Designer of the installation, or the person specifying the product, confirming such.


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