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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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    Chris Pearson: 
     

    It sounds like a most interesting building. Pity it could never be let out! ?

    Probably not as residential accommodation,  but the property is fairly regularly used for filming, which is another reason for not adding modern electrical accessories. An actor involved in filming stayed in one of the guest rooms, and finding no power sockets they sent for a B22 adaptor in order to charge something from the bedside lamp. It did not work. A little investigation would have shown that the bedside lamp was fitted with a 12 volt LED bulb and connected to a 12 volt dry battery.

    The Semi basement kitchen has modernish wiring, rather badly done with renewal planned, but the rest should be good for another 100 years.

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    Chris Pearson: 
     

    It sounds like a most interesting building. Pity it could never be let out! ?

    Probably not as residential accommodation,  but the property is fairly regularly used for filming, which is another reason for not adding modern electrical accessories. An actor involved in filming stayed in one of the guest rooms, and finding no power sockets they sent for a B22 adaptor in order to charge something from the bedside lamp. It did not work. A little investigation would have shown that the bedside lamp was fitted with a 12 volt LED bulb and connected to a 12 volt dry battery.

    The Semi basement kitchen has modernish wiring, rather badly done with renewal planned, but the rest should be good for another 100 years.

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