This has had £5 knocked off the original price so I thought I'd give it a try.
I replaced a standard wall socket within 5 minutes.
The great thing about this is I can now power my chromecast audio with one USB socket, keep my phone charged with the other USB socket, power the stereo with the mains socket and still have a mains socket to spare.
the faceplate is earthed to the wall box via the two screws and the wall box should have been earthed. anyone changing the face plate should not need to earth it.
jarede
4 Dec 16#2
how easy are there to install, do you need to get a qualified electrician and how much would that cost (ish, as not a precise science)
You turn the power off unscrew everything and screw everything back in where you found it. Blue to N, Brown to L, yellow and green stripe to Earth it's a weird symbol though. I imagine an electrician would charge £50 to fit.
Valiantcat
4 Dec 16#3
2.1A rated for the USB.
G0OSE to Valiantcat
5 Dec 16#17
Shared, so 1.2A each - very slow.
phoebeolivia
4 Dec 16#5
Already been posted two for £11.99
rodman to phoebeolivia
5 Dec 16#9
liar
savsac29 to phoebeolivia
5 Dec 16#11
Where
sisqoboy2
5 Dec 161#7
I don't really see the point for this. anyway I need to use an extension lead so…
MAdam98
5 Dec 16#8
If you check a previous HUKD post there are a few sparkies warning against these. For various reasons, including they are dangerous
jh787 to MAdam98
5 Dec 16#12
Thousands of sparkies would disagree...
s24adm to MAdam98
5 Dec 16#13
Not so much they are outright dangerous, just that it's akin to leaving a charger plugged in constantly and always-on. I would imagine and hope that Screwfix would sell a BS certified safe product that is not comparable to a cheap chinese charger that might blow up. Here's a wee article written a few years ago: http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/mediafile/100145109/web_usb-article-from-so32.pdf
The LAP ones that screwfix sell look to be much higher quality (yet still cheap) than the ones noted in this article.
118luke to MAdam98
5 Dec 16#16
Im willing to put money on them being safer than cheap chinese plug-in chargers off ebay. Besides, until i start hearing about house fires that have occurred as a result of these being installed, ill put my trust in them being safe :smiley:
ykhan16
5 Dec 16#10
Just to add if your wiring is old then the Red wire is L (live) and the Black wire is N (neutral)
tehwabbit
5 Dec 16#14
It was the 2 pack of white ones at the weekend IIRC.
These look nicer though
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I replaced a standard wall socket within 5 minutes.
The great thing about this is I can now power my chromecast audio with one USB socket, keep my phone charged with the other USB socket, power the stereo with the mains socket and still have a mains socket to spare.
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http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/mediafile/100145109/web_usb-article-from-so32.pdf
The LAP ones that screwfix sell look to be much higher quality (yet still cheap) than the ones noted in this article.
These look nicer though