Difference between revisions of "Plug & socket"

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Socket (aka 13A outlet)
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Socket or 13A outlet
  
 
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Revision as of 08:47, 29 January 2012

There's no such thing as a plug socket. The correct terms:


13A double socket.jpg Socket or 13A outlet

Moulded and rewireable BS 1363 plugs.jpg Plug


The ring circuits that supply domestic sockets are called ring circuits or ring final circuits, not ring mains.


See also