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Old 16th Jul 2021, 7:47 pm   #21
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Hi.
I've around half a dozen of them and they are used every day. I have a 12v solar system in my shed and they are ideal. I have my amateur 2 meter transceiver, 12v soldering iron, standards converters, freeview boxes and other items that use the 12v with these 5 amp fused plugs.
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When I built my darkroom in my teens, I made a mains distribution board using Bulgin plugs and sockets, item 10 here: I'm not sure why I chose those, but in 1969 the ubiquitous 13A power strip was yet to become a thing.

Yikes, it says on that site that the original ones were only rated for 50V!
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Old 17th Jul 2021, 7:49 am   #23
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I think the 50V rating is about accessibility of live conductors rather than what the connector can handle. See also legend in image 12.
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Hi,
The 50 volt rating was because they could be opened without tools, just unscrew the cap. I remember seeing BC lamp holder adaptors fitted with a locking screw to comply with the new ruling.
If those Bulgin connectors were used inside an equipment cubicle or case, then they were OK as they were.
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Hi ,
When I worked for the DECCA Empire back in the 70s and 80s 98% of the test equipment had the 2A version fitted , Some even had 10A fuses fitted. All the testing stations / benches were plugged into 13A sockets with red pigmy lamps half way up the supply conduit , so at night they knew all the benches were turned off.
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I remember repairing a Clarke & Smith 8812 schools tuner/amp that had a chassis 2A
socket. As it was unshuttered I supplied a new unattached plug to prevent contact.
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If you are on Facebook you may like this "Vintage mains plugs and electrical curiosities" group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/716156685782212
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I've gad a good look at that site it's really good I would recomend it
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Interesting about the university’s . About 20 years ago . At a radio rally I bought loads of 4 way 13a socket strips. They had 2A fused plugs on the end . So-called from universities.
They were no money and I only wanted them for the 2Amp plugs. Andy
Shades of my son's University. First thing I made up for him was a 2A plug to four 13A sockets disboard for his sound system! (Mine, with '60s residences in the early '70s had real 13A sockets, so in room toasters/kettles/fan heaters/Baby Bellings were possible.)

I always suspected it was a ploy to keep the amount of free leccy available to students strictly limited!
AFAIK it was to keep Kettles / toasters / toastie makers to the kitchens
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