Re: British (european?) kitchen counter electric outlets

On 6/16/2024 11:46 AM, Edward Rawde wrote:

"Don Y" <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote in message news:v4nb4p$5pn2$1@dont-email.me...

On 6/16/2024 1:16 AM, TTman wrote:

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.

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

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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.

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*TWO* brick walls between the occupants and the out-of-doors?

 Yes it's known as a cavity wall.
Our house was like that, and there was no such thing as drywall (or plasterboard as it would be known in the UK).
The inside wall is plastered with plaster by the plasterers (people who do the plastering).

Directly onto the brick surface?  Or, was lath/chickenwire installed to support
the plaster?
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