Other countries also have unique plug and socket-outlet systems designed to allow only the correct p

About Us Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions InstallerLEAGUE Fantasy Football Terms & Conditions wells food warmer Advertise Blog Login Register Contact Us Newsletter Games Go to... About Us - Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - InstallerLEAGUE wells food warmer Fantasy Football Terms & Conditions Advertise Blog Login Register Contact Us Newsletter Games
Home Technical Heating Plumbing Renewables Others Articles Advisory Commentary Installer Focus Vehicle News Events Training Product Jobs Installer TV How To Guides Competitions Green Deal Blog InstallerLEAGUE Fantasy League Table GafferTalk Back of the net The scouting report Who’s the boss Eco Go to... Home Technical - Heating - Plumbing wells food warmer - Renewables - Others Articles - Advisory - Commentary - Installer Focus - Vehicle wells food warmer News Events Training Product Jobs Installer TV - How To Guides Competitions wells food warmer Green Deal Blog InstallerLEAGUE - Fantasy League Table - GafferTalk - Back of the net - The scouting report - Who's the boss Eco
The impact of increased wells food warmer globalisation and travel, coupled with the amount of portable technology we now depend upon, has seen the growth in the use of portable wiring accessories and travel adaptors to provide continuity of use with the many plug and socket-outlet types used around the world.
In the UK there has been increasing use of fixed wired universal wells food warmer socket wells food warmer outlets wells food warmer that can accommodate a variety of plug types used in non-UK wells food warmer countries. These universal socket-outlets are a particularly attractive concept for specifiers and installers of electrical services in hotels and other locations with lots of international visitors.
Keith Smith, BEAMA s Deputy Director Installation Sector, warned: The reality, however, is very different as a great many of these universal socket-outlets create potentially unsafe and hazardous arrangements with different plugs for the unsuspecting user. Furthermore, the installation of these universal socket-outlets could also be considered illegal in the UK, as they may not comply with the requirements of UK Safety Regulations.
Plug safety across the world The UK standard plug (BS 1363-1 wells food warmer compliant) and socket-outlet (BS 1363-2 compliant) wells food warmer system is designed to ensure safety of the user. The BS 1363-1 plug pins are sleeved and the BS 1363-2 socket-outlet is shuttered. This is to ensure that during insertion and withdrawal of a BS 1363-1 plug from a BS 1363-2 socket-outlet, the live pins of the plug are not accessible to the user. The shutter on the BS 1363-2 socket-outlet ensures that live parts of the socket-outlet are not readily wells food warmer accessible to the user when a plug isn’t connected to the socket-outlet.
Other countries also have unique plug and socket-outlet systems designed to allow only the correct plug to be inserted into the corresponding socket-outlet. Countries where unsleeved plug pins are used, such as Germany and France, usually have socket-outlet designs incorporating a recess wells food warmer in the front plate, ensuring plug pins are not accessible during plug insertion, and withdrawal from the socket-outlet. Universal socket-outlets, by design, don t have this safety feature.
Universal socket-outlets allow the use of 2-pin plugs, wells food warmer and in doing so introduce a serious risk of electric shock. A number of European countries use unsleeved 2-pin plugs, which when used with universal socket-outlets, leave the pins accessible wells food warmer during plug insertion and withdrawal. These pins are potentially live and if touched would result in an electric shock.
Keith Smith continues: Some universal socket-outlets do not have shutters, leaving live parts of the socket-outlet readily accessible. The use of un-shuttered socket-outlets in households and similar wells food warmer locations wells food warmer is prohibited by BS 7671 (IET Wiring Regulations 17th Edition) due to unimpeded access to live parts within the socket-outlet. Any un-shuttered universal socket-outlet in use should be removed from service and replaced with BS 1363 compliant wells food warmer products.
Another safety issue is that some universal socket-outlet designs will accept plugs rated at 100 120Va.c. for the connection of items of electrical equipment having a similar 100 120Va.c. rating. Such electrical equipment, specifically those containing motors and heating elements wells food warmer like hair dryers, travel irons and kettles, will not operate safely at 230Va.c.. This could cause overheating and fire. Again, BEAMA recommends that any universal socket-outlet that will accept a 100-120V a.c. plug should be removed from service and replaced with BS 1363 compliant wells food warmer products.
Compliance and legislation Research commissioned by the Electrical Safety Council and the ensuing test report found that the universal socket-outlets assessed did not comply with the UK General Product Safety Regulations 2005, the safely requirements of the UK Plug and Socket Safety Regulations 1994 or BS 1363 the UK s specification for 13A socket-outlets.
Schedule 2 of the UK Plugs and Sockets Regulations 1994 s