Zoomup said:

Did you know that you can plug a 2 pin European Schuko plug into a U.K. 13 Amp adapter so that an appliance can be used here in the U.K. A Turkish Gent supplied me with tea all day today from a Class 1 electric samovar which had a two pin Schuko plug rammed into a 13 Amp three way adapter. It still worked without the earth being connected.  Genius!

Yes, I am aware of this ... and works because the pins of the SHUKO get bent slightly inwards !

But that can normally only happen if something else is poked into the BS 1363 socket-outlet to open the shutter mechanism.

Yes, and it was difficult to pull out the plug out of the adaptor. After explaining to the Turkish gent the dangers of such a practice, his English is very limited, I cut the schuko plug off and fitted a 13 Amp plug. Using very graphic sign language and many clear gestures I was convinced that he fully understood not to do this.

Then, when I went into another room he had yet another samovar plugged into a 13 Amp. adaptor steaming away nicely. I have concluded that he might be responsible for wiring sockets in 13 Amp flex, and an 8.5kW shower in 2.5mm2 T&E cable at the shop where he lives in a back room.

His boss the shop owner, said that in Turkey if you get a shock you are likely to die as they apparently have no sensitive automatic disconnection of supply like the U.K.

Z.

Yes, and it was difficult to pull out the plug out of the adaptor. After explaining to the Turkish gent the dangers of such a practice, his English is very limited, I cut the schuko plug off and fitted a 13 Amp plug. Using very graphic sign language and many clear gestures I was convinced that he fully understood not to do this.

Then, when I went into another room he had yet another samovar plugged into a 13 Amp. adaptor steaming away nicely. I have concluded that he might be responsible for wiring sockets in 13 Amp flex, and an 8.5kW shower in 2.5mm2 T&E cable at the shop where he lives in a back room.

His boss the shop owner, said that in Turkey if you get a shock you are likely to die as they apparently have no sensitive automatic disconnection of supply like the U.K.

Z.