right, doing some work on the motor today, just a little wiring job that required the use of the hot air gun (aka hair drier) and the soldering iron so power was required outside the house

the mrs didn't want the door open as it's a bit on the cold side so she said to put the extension lead through the letter box

which is where the problem started

got it through the letter box up until a point, then it got stuck, and i spent the rest of the time allotted to the wiring job taking apart the letter box onto to discover that there is no way to get the plug through without mashing it up

so, what are the alternatives?

can i get a slimmer plug arrangement that WILL fit through the letter box and just plug in at the other end?

i've got a normal 1.5 metre extension lead with the flat plug which WILL go through the letter box, but i don't want to use 2 extension leads when i only need one (besides, that would mean unpluging either the computer and all the anciliaries or the telly and all the bits that go with it or going to the shops and buying another lead, not possible today at 4.30 when i was out there needing to do the job)

anyone else had this problem?

and, more importantly, has anyone got a solution to it?

 

could you not just have taken the plug off then rewired it when you had poked the wire through the letterbox?

bit of a hassle but it would have worked as a temporary measure.

 

get rid of the wife


are you serious you cant resolve this problem yourself?


oh...hang on...i have the solution, just perfect to solve your brain teasing extension lead issue.



fit a cat flap.

 

why can't you get the plug through your letterbox? do you have a really small letterbox or something!?

i'd suggest getting a normal letterbox/door

 

i would have done, but it's hardwired/moulded so no can do otherwise it would have been the first solution

they are normal sized, the other house is the same size, as are all the neighbours, just too small for a normal sized plug

i'm SURE someones got a nice easy solution for this other than ripping the letterbox out and fitting a cat flap

 

Yer just have the door open that TINY tiny bit

 

besides this states that a standard sized letter box in a door is approx 2 inches tall and 12 inches wide

mine is 1 3/4 inches tall and 7 3/4 inches wide at the appeture so the plug won't fit

 

small children means that at least one of them wants to see what daddy is doing so no can do

and the door swings open/closed if there is the smallest of breezes as it's got these fancy hinges that require the smallest amount of pressure to open/close

 

Cut the plug off and fit a normal plug.
Moulded plugs tend to be more chunky than normal ones but which ever one you choose to fit
CHECK IT GOES THROUGH THE LETTERBOX BEFORE YOU CUT THE OLD ONE OFF.


Alternately fit a Cat flap

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Take the plug off and just shove the wires into the socket

 

just jam the door shut on it thats wot i do works fine

 

put it through a window then close it back over as much as you can. cut the plug off and fit another one bought from B+Q that isnt moulded or even cut another plug off something that you dont use...

 

Or fit an outside socket ya tight foooooker!

 

or plug it into the neighbors and leave their door open.

 

get a flat trailing socket stick that thru the letterbox to outside and plug it in,or as posted above get an outside socket fitted ya tight get

 

run it off of a mobile generator

 

Run it off the lampost!

 

or simply plug into the car cigerette lighter.. failing that, run it straight off of the car battery.

 

Thats stupid westy, its 12v! Tut tut

 

invertor !!!!

 

get a transformer that ups the voltage.... job done.

 

buy one of those caravan inverters things that convert the 12v car battery to 240v to run small appliances like tv's and toasters.

 

yeah Reynolds... lol

 

there you go.... Ł18.
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by far the most sensibly sugestion so far has to be "the next time i'm at ikea, buy an extension lead with the flat plug on the end ofr Ł1.99"

but thanks for the other suggestions, but if i had an outside socket it wuold ONLY be used by me when i was doing a bit of soldering in the car, and by every other fucker while i was at work

so there are no cheap, easy solutions then other than the one window option? again with small children about it's not a practical method to do things

 

And if you are still ignoring all the advice given, make sure you are holding the wires when you switch on.




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have you considered tying your children to a chair?

 

FPMSL...

 

Nah, cheaper to cut the wires off!

 

No, cos you run the outside socket off a switched spur inside! Turn it off when your out!

If you run the extension from the upstairs window and pull it tight, the kids could use it as a zip line and wouldnt bother you

 

run a fused spur of one of your sockets and then go and buy a mk waterproof socket for out side

 

tut tut slow plasterers

 

and if you do, make sure that its suitably IP rated. Suggest IP44 as a minimum.

 

Nice copy n paste from google Westy

 

ah but this would neccessitate all the relevent certification and part p notification as it will be classed as a hazardous location and as we are all too well aware dojj is far too stingy to pay for that

gas soldering iron it is then fella

 

lol..

This is very basic knowledge Leanne... Its part of my job

 

we are slow getting old go and finishthat car i would be out there now in my younger days

 

your not wrong there mate