Re: British (european?) kitchen counter electric outlets

On 10/06/2024 01:41, Don Y wrote:

On 6/9/2024 3:50 PM, TTman wrote:

Yes, I've seen that.  And, they are *huge* (comparatively speaking;
a duplex receptacle, here, is a ~1x~3 inch device about an inch thick).
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Ours also reside *in* the wall; I seem to remember the ones in England
were "on" the wall (?)

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In the UK we have slim sockets now.... protruding maybe 2mm from the wall.

 So, they fit *into* the wall?  Is the wiring concealed in the wall and
routed to the outlet(s) from within?
 

Yes. Our 'old'houses have internal walls made of either brick (4" thick) and plastered. it's hard to recess the brick to take power sockets, but quite common. The cabling runs down the cavity (4") between the internal brickwork and external brickwork. Newer houses have internal stud walls built from 4x2 and 12mm plasterboard screwed to that. Sockets are easy to fit on that. By sockets I mean a box to which the power socket is screwed by way of 2 screws.
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