C-H,
Just a note for your site:
You should specify on your site that while BS546 is recognised in the UK and Ireland that it normally has non-standard uses. I have come across a few incidents where US tourists managed to plug a laptop into a BS546 2amp lighting socket (which was dimmer controlled!!!!)
BS546 15amp is sometimes used on trains here in Ireland carrying some weird DC voltage used to heat catering trollies. Again, I've heard stories of tourists armed with multiple adaptors using these sockets to charge a laptop!!!
The main use of the system is in lighting, particularly theatres, although it's being gradually replaced by the much more mechanically robust blue ceeform plugs.
BS546 is pretty rare in normal domestic use and practically unheard of in hotels and commercial premisis. Even in houses with old wiring the BS546 recepticals have usually been replaced by BS1363 versions as round pin plugs can be hard to come by.
[This message has been edited by djk (edited 07-02-2003).]
