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The silly season has started. - sainsbury's christmas ad sparks complaints.
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1063201" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Correct, but bathroom/shaver sockets:</p><p>- have double-insulated transformers with a t<u>otally floating</u> o/p limited (IIRC) to 20VA max - so <em>very </em>low current at 220-230V</p><p>- have shuttered outlets</p><p>- are, or should be (probably per IET Regs), mounted quite a long way up the wall from the floor, and thus should be out of reach of small(ish) childen, and so they are less likely to be "attracted" to them!</p><p></p><p>Can't think (ATM) of any other types of sockets without Earth/Ground contact tubes that you will find in UK houses (unless they have never been rewired since before the early 1950's!), although (as I am sure you know!) you will find a lot of two-pole unearthed outlets on the Continent and further afield.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1063201, member: 176704"] Correct, but bathroom/shaver sockets: - have double-insulated transformers with a t[U]otally floating[/U] o/p limited (IIRC) to 20VA max - so [I]very [/I]low current at 220-230V - have shuttered outlets - are, or should be (probably per IET Regs), mounted quite a long way up the wall from the floor, and thus should be out of reach of small(ish) childen, and so they are less likely to be "attracted" to them! Can't think (ATM) of any other types of sockets without Earth/Ground contact tubes that you will find in UK houses (unless they have never been rewired since before the early 1950's!), although (as I am sure you know!) you will find a lot of two-pole unearthed outlets on the Continent and further afield. [/QUOTE]
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