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Historical question WRT 15 amp sockets.

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ISTR that in an old edition of the then IEE regs, that two socket outlets each of the unfused 15 amp type could be connected to a 25 amp fuse.

Have found a number wired thus in a large old house. Possibly pre-war, wired in MICC and still in good condition. 

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    So it was once allowed ! And fairly sensibly since it permitted use of two portable heaters on one circuit.

    Most rooms  in this house have no electricity supply at all, open fires for heating and gas lights, or candles. Who needs electricity in a bedroom ? For once a year polishing of the oak floorboards, a long extension lead suffices for the polishing machine.

    Ones children might be allowed electricity for modern electronic entertainments,  but an extension lead from the “radiator plug” on the landing will serve.

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    So it was once allowed ! And fairly sensibly since it permitted use of two portable heaters on one circuit.

    Most rooms  in this house have no electricity supply at all, open fires for heating and gas lights, or candles. Who needs electricity in a bedroom ? For once a year polishing of the oak floorboards, a long extension lead suffices for the polishing machine.

    Ones children might be allowed electricity for modern electronic entertainments,  but an extension lead from the “radiator plug” on the landing will serve.

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