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What is this plug on my wall for?

Noticed this plug on my wall from when I moved into this house, and I just started wondering again about what it’s actually for. This is in the UK, if that helps. It’s on a big bulky box hanging on the wall below my desk next to two regular plug sockets.

Edit: best suggestion I’ve seen here is that it could be a fuse box for an alarm system. Makes sense since this house did have several security systems before I moved in. Also, for added context, this is in a bedroom and the wire coming out of it goes straight into the wall.

sondarondondon ,

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A_Union_of_Kobolds ,

Super Meat Boy lookin mfer

Hellinabucket ,

youtu.be/S8O1sruSO2U?si=GQ3OLDdrTUoB_bYl

Fuse box for a alarm system it looks like. Shows up at 28 seconds

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

KnightsBridge 13A White Connection Unit 3 Amp Fused & Flex Outlet Electric Wall Plate

fartsparkles ,

Thanks Satan’s Maggoty Cum Fart.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

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Beacon ,

Woah spot on! Today was the day for your highly specific knowledge to shine! Thanks!

https://www.electricalworld.com/Mobile/en/us/KnightsBridge-13A-White-Connection-Unit-Fused-and-Flex-Outlet-Electric-Wall-Plate/m-m-1151.aspx

treadful ,
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A flex outlet is a type of electrical socket that allows you to wire high-powered appliances straight into your walls. Boilers, water heaters, and other electrical unit that require a continuous power source, would be wired through a flex outlet. Flex outlets are often used in a situation where a plug socket would be difficult to access. Or with appliances that do not come with a 13A plug socket as standard.

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Still not sure I really get why this exists, but okay.

Chozo ,

Ah, that's a European headphone outlet. It's for listening to authentic house music.

Ledivin ,

Not a plug, but a fuse box - that small panel would open up/pull out to let you replace the fuse. Couldn’t tell you what it’s for without more info

Zier ,
@Zier@fedia.io avatar

That's the secret internet off switch, DON'T TOUCH IT JEN!

hitmyspot ,

Fuse box for one line. Fuses weren’t put in as standard when electricity was introduced. Many old houses just had live wires coming in with no breaker like today. For expensive electrical items added when there was no fuse, an electrician with install it with a dedicated fuse. If the electrical system has been updated where it enters the house, it may no longer be needed. However, if it is on a different circuit, it may be. Old fuse boxes were a bunch of replaceable physical fuses. Nowadays they are breaker switches for easy resetting and less waste.

Anyway, if whatever is connected to this gets a power surge, the fuse could trip and you would need to replace it. However it is not a plug, to add a different device or appliance, but just a safety pass through for the wire coming out the other end.

IvanOverdrive ,

Its purpose is pure pareidolia. I see a kid with fetal alcohol syndrome.

Death_Equity ,

Sure you ain’t catching a reflection in the screen?

PopcornPrincess ,

💀

neidu2 , (edited )

Holding fuses. Probably something else too, but at least I’m partially right.

Deceptichum ,
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PlayStation memory card?

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