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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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    AJJewsbury:

    Curiously 511.1 seems to be a little at odds with 133.1 - the latter seems to accept an 'an apprioriate standard of another country' without any special declarations.


       - Andy.


    That's not quite what it says, Andy.


    An appropriate standard of another country is only accepted in the absence of an appropriate British or Harmonized Standard ... otherwise, in the absence of all standards, 133.1.2 is invoked.


    133.1.2 requires some form of agreement ... and of course 511.1 covers that.


    However, in this particular case, we are discussing something "not in accordance with 133.1.1" (as there is an appropriate British Standard for a standard socket-outlet) and therefore 133.1.3 applies, which actually requires the use to be recorded exactly as 511.1 says.


    So, overall, I don't quite see the conflict in this case.


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    AJJewsbury:

    Curiously 511.1 seems to be a little at odds with 133.1 - the latter seems to accept an 'an apprioriate standard of another country' without any special declarations.


       - Andy.


    That's not quite what it says, Andy.


    An appropriate standard of another country is only accepted in the absence of an appropriate British or Harmonized Standard ... otherwise, in the absence of all standards, 133.1.2 is invoked.


    133.1.2 requires some form of agreement ... and of course 511.1 covers that.


    However, in this particular case, we are discussing something "not in accordance with 133.1.1" (as there is an appropriate British Standard for a standard socket-outlet) and therefore 133.1.3 applies, which actually requires the use to be recorded exactly as 511.1 says.


    So, overall, I don't quite see the conflict in this case.


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