Can you put on a mains plug?

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by Lynnieleigh

Didn't crazy Mr Thyer teach you how to?

I had to do it in my science lessons but I'd done it before *smug*

I'd have thought that answer self-explanatory from my reply

[Knipples]

Im ashamed to say I cant, but thats purely because nobody has ever shown me how, i'd be more than willing to learn.
I can change the fuse in one but thats it.

[Pumpkinstew]

Any changes to the wiring in your house should be checked by a member of the institute of electrical engineers (IEE) to confirm it's OK and safe. (Conforms to the 17th edition).
Quite often they abbreviate this to 17th cert.

I don't believe this applies to anything that you plug into the mains so wiring a plug wouldn't be covered. Installing the socket or a new light would.

Uncertified changes to your wiring can land you in trouble with insurance and whatnot.

*Disclaimer*
I haven't looked at this for over 5 years, back when 16th edition was the latest standard so it may well have changed.

EDIT: Seems it's now the IET http://www.theiet.org/publishing/wiring-regulations/

[_dogma_]

I'm not sure what you actually mean. :s If you're talking about wiring a plug then no. Anything more technical than that: No

[Fayshun]

Originally Posted by AboveTheSalt

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

Mans rewiring!

I think my dad tought me how to rewire a plug and work out amperages for fuses when I was about 10.

I also remember learning it in CDT off Mr Parkin, the design teacher.