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Round pin socket connected to light switch

  • 11-10-2016 01:07PM
    #1
    Shedite27
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    I've a new house which has a few round pin sockets connect to dimmer switches. Reading online, there seems to be a few different type (3A, 5A, 15A). Is there any easy way of telling which plug I need (apart from buying all 3 plugs). Is there a width or anything? Or alternatively is there one that is far more common that I should starts with.

    Secondly, I'm well able to change a regular plug, never tried one of these ones. I assume there's nothing more complex is there?


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  • #2
    Dardania
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    The typcial for a lighting socket is a 5A plug. Relatively common to buy - you should be able to pick up in a conventional DIY shop.

    If you can change a normal plug, this shouldn't pose any difficulty to you.

    One item to check - if the light switch has a dimmer, and you're using LED or CFL lamps, you need to check the lamps' compaitiblity with the dimmer. If incandescent lamps, no problem (and similarly if a normal on-off switch, no problem)


  • #3
    Risteard81
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    2A and 5A (there is no 3A) are common for lighting. These days 5A seems to have become more usual than the 2A version.


  • #4
    Dardania
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    Risteard81 wrote: »
    2A and 5A (there is no 3A) are common for lighting. These days 5A seems to have become more usual than the 2A version.

    Must confess I've never encountered the 2A - same shape & size as the 5A?


  • #5
    Risteard81
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    Dardania wrote: »
    Risteard81 wrote: »
    2A and 5A (there is no 3A) are common for lighting. These days 5A seems to have become more usual than the 2A version.

    Must confess I've never encountered the 2A - same shape & size as the 5A?
    Same shape but smaller size.


  • #6
    Shedite27
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    Cheers folks. Ordered one online and works perfect.


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