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TonyDuell · 31st Aug 2020, 3:54 pm

One of the worst I saw was a bit of equipment that my late father acquired from a LARGE UK company.

It was a wooden board with one of those WG 110V sockets (you know, like BS1363 but with all the pins turned at right angles) and a transformer. The socket was marked 'Drills only', in other words it was used for running portable power tools.

The transformer? An RS 1000VA autotransformer. Clearly marked by RS 'This component does not provide isolation' or words to that effect.

31st Aug 2020, 3:54 pm	#16
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,220	Re: Bodges One of the worst I saw was a bit of equipment that my late father acquired from a LARGE UK company. It was a wooden board with one of those WG 110V sockets (you know, like BS1363 but with all the pins turned at right angles) and a transformer. The socket was marked 'Drills only', in other words it was used for running portable power tools. The transformer? An RS 1000VA autotransformer. Clearly marked by RS 'This component does not provide isolation' or words to that effect.