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Yes but the cardboard says "INSIDE VIEW".  Take the top off, turn the plug over as if you are about to connect a flex to it, and then compare the inside terminal markings to those on the cardboard and report back.

 

EDIT: Time was you did not need instructions to put a flex into a plug.  At a very young age as a boy, my MOTHER showed me how to put a plug onto a flex.

 

I bet it is not even taught in school now.

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1 minute ago, Lorenz said:

How many people have round pins these days?

Please sir, I do!!, they are 5 amp lighting plugs and sockets for standard lamps etc, socket wired into lighting ring and controlled by wall switch.

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Just finished wiring in the last 5 Amp socket switched - at @ProDave 's suggestion -  from the bank of switches next to the front door.

 

It means that when SWMBO comes home and feels a bit 'jangled' she can switch all the 5Amp lights on at once  (and she can switch them all off on the way out of the house). Thanks Dave.

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7 minutes ago, ToughButterCup said:

she can switch all the 5Amp lights on at once 


yes I remember (when quite young) seeing an American film where wall switches activated standard lamps and table lamps around a room, I asked an electrician how this was done and he explained and I have wired my lounge in the last four of my houses this way, it always gets a comment and frankly very easy to do.

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39 minutes ago, Lorenz said:

It was an intelligence test at school, left over from the days when they had taught it, bit pointless when nobody was!

How many people have round pins these days?

The same principle applies to fitting a flex into a square pin plug.

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