Ehu socket replacement

[Jewellbags]

I need to replace our socket as the flag is knackered . Looks a simple enough job to me . Should I switch off the fuses etc before ? Any other tips welcome

 

[pappajohn]

Just change it.
No need to isolate or disconnect anything.
Ensure you reconnect the wires the correct way round.
Remove the socket and photo the back before removing wires to assist refitting.

 

[oldiesontour]

Just change it.
No need to isolate or disconnect anything.
Ensure you reconnect the wires the correct way round.
Remove the socket and photo the back before removing wires to assist refitting.

No need to isolate or disconnect anything....
Except may be the incoming mains supply

 

[The Wino]

Don't forget some mastic tape or non setting mastic on refitting

 

[Barriesimpson]

No need to isolate or disconnect anything....
Except may be the incoming mains supply

Well if you are changing the plug, obviously the mains supply will be disconnected.

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[pappajohn]

Well if you are changing the plug, obviously the mains supply will be disconnected.

Changing the socket on the van side, not the plug

 

[oldiesontour]

Well if you are changing the plug, obviously the mains supply will be disconnected.

Not if U remove the socket U are changing from the rear first or from the body whilst still on ehu...light hearted comment

 

[The Wino]

Changing the socket on the van side, not the plug

True although I would say anyone who would try and do it without taking off the mains lead will just cock it up some other way

 

[Barriesimpson]

Changing the socket on the van side, not the plug

Well that's what I meant. You cannot change the socket with the plug plugged in.

 

[Barriesimpson]

Not if U remove the socket U are changing from the rear first or from the body whilst still on ehu...light hearted comment

Yeah, live dangerously....

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[Jewellbags]

Don't forget some mastic tape or non setting mastic on refitting

Normal waterproof sealant like the rest of the van ?

 

[nicholsong]

Changing the socket on the van side, not the plug

Oh goodee! Semantics - nearly as good as a toilet thread.

One could call the van fitting a 'socket' in that one pushes the plastic fitting at the end of the EHU lead into it.

However, the working guts of the connection is the contact between the metal parts which carry the current. The van fitting contains the 3 pins, which for most other connections are associated with the word ;plug or 'male''. Conversely the fitting at the end of the cabl contains the holes which accept the 'pins and are usually associated with the word ' socket' or 'female'.

So I posit that one could decribe the van fitting as a 'plastic socket containing a 'plug'.

Any advance on that?

 

[The Wino]

Normal waterproof sealant like the rest of the van ?

Yes but not silicone

 

[CAB96]

Oh goodee! Semantics - nearly as good as a toilet thread.

One could call the van fitting a 'socket' in that one pushes the plastic fitting at the end of the EHU lead into it.

However, the working guts of the connection is the contact between the metal parts which carry the current. The van fitting contains the 3 pins, which for most other connections are associated with the word ;plug or 'male''. Conversely the fitting at the end of the cabl contains the holes which accept the 'pins and are usually associated with the word ' socket' or 'female'.

So I posit that one could decribe the van fitting as a 'plastic socket containing a 'plug'.

Any advance on that?

So, what you are saying is, that the plug on the end of the cable is not, in fact, a plug, but is a socket. Even though this 'not plug' is inserted into the socket in the side of the van.

Moreover, you also assert that the socket in the van is not, in fact, a socket, but is actually a plug. In the side of the van. With a flap to cover the socket sorry, plug, into which you insert the plug sorry, socket on the end of the cable.

But what about the other end of the cable? If the socket end goes into the van plug, then the mains end must plug (or is that socket?) into the EHU socket. Or is that a plug

Just clarifying

 

[The Wino]

So, what you are saying is, that the plug on the end of the cable is not, in fact, a plug, but is a socket. Even though this 'not plug' is inserted into the socket in the side of the van.

Moreover, you also assert that the socket in the van is not, in fact, a socket, but is actually a plug. In the side of the van. With a flap to cover the socket sorry, plug, into which you insert the plug sorry, socket on the end of the cable.

But what about the other end of the cable? If the socket end goes into the van plug, then the mains end must plug (or is that socket?) into the EHU socket. Or is that a plug

Just clarifying

Sounds like yes minister!

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