hevs

And what if the fire burns the paperwork given to you by the electrician to say that he did the work

kirsty&al

That's okay for UK plugs, but could get you in trouble down here.

The rule for nuts and screws "righty tighty lefty loosey" works okay.

A.

Fuzzy Duck

Well I have used this method for all my plug changes and no problems thus far. All electrical items work just dandy.

Hell I am typing this on my laptop which has an Aussie plug on.

Megalania

On an earth return power line?

wortho

Good idea to fit one of these (RCD Safety switch). Fuses don't protect people as such as usually they will not blow unless a sufficient amount of current is passed through the fuse. A typical UK fused plug would have a 13 Amp fuse & thats a lot of "electric shock" to a person. An Residual current device (RCD) however works on an imbalance between the Active & Neutral & usually an imbalance of 30ma will trip it quickly enough to prevent an electric shock. Fuses are good for protecting consumer goods & preventing fires but do little to prevent electric shocks. A single RCD can protect all circuits in the home for the price of around $150 plus the Electricians time as its a licensed Electricians job only. Good idea to leave the fridge on a non RCD circuit as if they trip when your away your tucker is ruined.
Cheers

Fuzzy Duck

Yes, I am on planet Earth.

Darren&Leanne

And don`t confuse the `L` terminal in a light switch for Live Because it is actually the `Loop` terminal(Where you can put your neutrals). Use `C` for your `live` or `Feed` and `1` for your switch wire.

Megalania

Was surposed to be a joke - not over yer head.

Earth return power line may be outside your experience - a single (active) wire power line where the current returns through the earth not through an another (neutral) wire. Used where long distances and low power requirement maked dual power lines excessively expensive to erect - such as to farm houses.

A transformer at the users end of the line isolates the users circuits from the ground so power does not flow to ground through the users appliances.

jad n rich

Its australia, at least 7 other government departments would have a copy

spalen

Sod this...Im off to the TAFE for my electricians 101 (12mths) , then it'll be advanced electrical studies ( 2yrs ) ,

....then apply for my certificate with Queensland Institute of Sparkies , that'll take 3mths and require certified copies of my birth, passport, marriage, certificates as well as duplicates of my course work at TAFE including all my birthday cards during the course and copies of receipts from the canteen proving I attended.....

Then... maybe then.... I'll be allowed to change my own freeking plugs.

Pollyana

.....But only between the hours of 13.00 and 13.01 on a Tuesday when the Moon is in Virgo

A certain Qld govt department movec its offices this week. We took our phones, radios, compters, phone chargers etc....but we are not allowed to use any pf them till Tuesday afternoon when a nice government man will come and plug them all in for us! 2 days work, 33 people.........

kirsty&al

Of the 2 types of plug I have used in Oz one had the A and N the other way around to the L and N in a UK plug and the other type has the A in the middle (this was the 90 degree type where the wire comes out the side of the plug at an angle).

I think more attention is needed in Oz.

Regards
Alistair

hevs

LOL, of course. And i thought i had a cunning plan

Fuzzy Duck

[Sorry Megalansia I thought you were a spark on a power trip (no pun intended) anyway I have been thinking about this and have a question for those in the know.

When we first arrived in the land of Oz I simply rigged up a few Aus plugs to the end of our british 4 and 6 bank extension leads and plugged all our brit plugs into that. Now we have been here sometime we have got around to changing most of our plugs to Aussie ones. Now, if these things worked before we changed the plug, with the wires rigged as described above then why should it be wrong to wire them in this way?

I think I am right in saying that Brown is live in a british plug so therefore it connects to the live connections within the appliance, would this change downunder?

http://www.technicalregulator.sa.gov...e_pin_plug.gif

http://www.languages.dk/methods/Mate...ing_a_plug.pdf

Someone, prefrably a spark want to clear this up?

Darren&Leanne

Yes, Brown is Live(Active).
And also you cannot change a plug unless you have a contractors licence. Its a joke. I am not supposed to do `cash` jobs either for friends, or change my own plugs.You can only do this after you get your contractors licence which is another couple of grand and more exams. (but who cares)
Most sparks i have met do ALL the time.
Daz