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Thread ID: 30495	2003-02-21 02:29:00	OT: A ? on electricity	roofus (483)	Press F1

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122866	2003-02-23 23:29:00	> You wanted a plug, Baldy, and the other end > was still plugged in? You use those double ended > extension cords (a tapon at each end) do you? :D > > (This is a bit of a technician's joke. Don't do > this, folks). Actually, it was the "female" plug I wanted. The "male" was plugged int the socket. Just didn't realise that it was. Luckily	Baldy (26)
122867	2003-02-23 23:53:00	> Actually, it was the "female" plug I wanted. The > "male" was plugged int the socket. Just didn't > realise that it was. Luckily You gonna make baby plugs Baldy? :p	Pollly (1416)
122868	2003-02-24 01:26:00	For the lovers of trivia, do you know why we ended up with the UK system of BC (Bayonet Cap) and ES (Edison Screw)? All commercial installations invariably used ES fittings in the past. All domestic used BC fittings. In the early days of electricity reticulation, this was chosen so workers would not steal the (then expensive) lamps from work to use at home. Nowdays there is a generous mix, so I assume we have all become more honest? ES generally have a greater heat tolerance as they are usually ceramic and metal, not plastic and metal like BC.	godfather (25)
122869	2003-02-24 04:37:00	Never mind the "early days" Godfather, even in recent years, until ES lamps became more common, a lot of large companies used ES lamps to keep their employee's sticky fingers at bay. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
122870	2003-02-25 05:00:00	I think a more likely reason for the upsurge in ES lamps is that the fittings are pretty much all made in China these days, and the US and similar markets all use ES lamps, so why retool just for NZ? I worked in a factory in England for a while (on the OE) where all the lathes and presses had 110v lights. We quite often had factory workers ask what could be wrong with their light sockets at home as every time they put in a new lamp it would blow. Sparky's answer - Stop knicking the bulbs out of the presses!!!	andy (473)
122871	2003-02-25 08:03:00	I had similar trouble with some ES bulbs purchased from the 'Big Red Shed' in that the centre contacts did not protrude out far enough. Worked in some fittings but not in others. A blob of solder added to the centre contact fixed the problem.	Muzz (1286)
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