Can you put on a mains plug? - Page 3

Desmo · 28-04-2009, 07:12

Yeah, no worries. Also happy wiring up lights, sockets, ovens, chasing cables, etc. If anything really tricky comes along I'll check with my sparky mates or just get them to do it

Pumpkinstew · 28-04-2009, 07:47

I can. But any DIY task more complicated than that I usually make a pigs ear of.

Pheebs · 28-04-2009, 07:51

Yeh I reckon so! I would probably still call me Pa a couple of times and say "Here, am I doing this right?" just to be sure (to be sure) but I reckon I could quite easily!

I don't think, however, Picky would let me

I think he'd see me as a liability! Saying that, if I did poop it up and manage to get shocked to the high heavens, he'd at least get the mortgage paid off, so maybe he would let me play

AboveTheSalt · 28-04-2009, 07:57

Yes, I can and do. I have also wired in cookers and replaced lots of lights - all probably highly illegal nowadays so I wouldn't dream of doing it again.

Incidentally, if you don't happen to have a spare plug, just cut off the old one with an axe, bare the wires using your teeth and poke the wires into the plug using matchsticks - to switch off, just hoik the cable out of the socket

ps - don't try this at home kids

Garp · 28-04-2009, 07:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feek

I love soldering!

Urgh.. all that tight fiddly work, the stench of hot solder, the need for multiple hands. Even with clamps I struggle to get things positioned right.

Some of the precision electronics stuff isn't quite so bad, but the worst is doing cable connectors.

semi-pro waster · 28-04-2009, 08:03

I have put on plugs before and will probably do it again but since it has been such a long time since I've done it I'd probably need to check that I'd got the wiring correct to be absolutely sure.

Briggykins · 28-04-2009, 08:05

Yup, though never had to do it. I'd use the same BL/BR method as you.

Pheebs · 28-04-2009, 08:12

Am I wrong in thinking you now have to get it certified by some Qualified to Deal with Electric Stuff* dude now if you decide to play with plugs and things? Or is that only in like... bathrooms and kitchens and thingymabobs?

I know you canny install a leccy shower without it being inspected now. We just managed to get ours in in our previous home before that law or what not came in.

*Electrician. It came to me just as I posted. It's gonna be one of those days I think

AboveTheSalt · 28-04-2009, 08:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pheebs

*Electrician. It came to me just as I posted. It's gonna be one of those days I think

I think that you may have started a trend. From now on, I'm going to start referring to everyone by what they do + "Dude"; e.g.:

Doctor = Kill or cure dude
Police Officer = Law-n-Order dude
Fireman = Puts out fires Dude
Comedian = Makes you laugh dude

I think you may be the inventor of a meme, so perhaps a truly momentous day for Pheebs

LeperousDust · 28-04-2009, 08:28

Never taught in school but something my dad has shown me and i've put to practice a few times here and there. Incidentally none of my flatmate's know how to do it, and where "suprised" when i put a plug on the end of our slow cooker. They were worried it was going to blow up or something since it didn't have a molded one on anymore...

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28-04-2009, 07:12	#21
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Yeah, no worries. Also happy wiring up lights, sockets, ovens, chasing cables, etc. If anything really tricky comes along I'll check with my sparky mates or just get them to do it __________________

28-04-2009, 07:47	#22
Pumpkinstew Absinthe Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly Oxford, Sometimes Bristol Posts: 1,156	I can. But any DIY task more complicated than that I usually make a pigs ear of. __________________ Get old, or die tryin' PSTEWREVIEWS - Chunks of Meaty Reviews, Mixed with Your Five a Day of News, Comment and Opinion, Floating in a Broth of Suspect Grammar and Seasoned Liberally with Mixed Metaphor. Tasty.

28-04-2009, 07:51	#23
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	Yeh I reckon so! I would probably still call me Pa a couple of times and say "Here, am I doing this right?" just to be sure (to be sure) but I reckon I could quite easily! I don't think, however, Picky would let me I think he'd see me as a liability! Saying that, if I did poop it up and manage to get shocked to the high heavens, he'd at least get the mortgage paid off, so maybe he would let me play __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk

28-04-2009, 08:03	#26
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	I have put on plugs before and will probably do it again but since it has been such a long time since I've done it I'd probably need to check that I'd got the wiring correct to be absolutely sure. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

28-04-2009, 08:05	#27
Briggykins Vodka Martini Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Exeter Posts: 753	Yup, though never had to do it. I'd use the same BL/BR method as you. __________________

28-04-2009, 08:12	#28
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	Am I wrong in thinking you now have to get it certified by some Qualified to Deal with Electric Stuff* dude now if you decide to play with plugs and things? Or is that only in like... bathrooms and kitchens and thingymabobs? I know you canny install a leccy shower without it being inspected now. We just managed to get ours in in our previous home before that law or what not came in. *Electrician. It came to me just as I posted. It's gonna be one of those days I think __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk

28-04-2009, 08:28	#30
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Never taught in school but something my dad has shown me and i've put to practice a few times here and there. Incidentally none of my flatmate's know how to do it, and where "suprised" when i put a plug on the end of our slow cooker. They were worried it was going to blow up or something since it didn't have a molded one on anymore... __________________