5 Feb
2011
5 Feb
'11
3:40 p.m.
No, it;s an Asko, from the time before they were taken
over.
That would be Finnish then IIRC. Cylinda is Asko Cylinda since a number of
years. We used to pass the Cylinda factory every time we went to see my
ex-parents-in-law. It's in a little village called Jung, in the South-west
of Sweden. Cylinda used to be known for being particularly high quality
since the washer drums were made of stainless steel where everyone else used
mild steel.
Asko Cylinda was bought by Gorenje of Slovenia last year.
On the subject
of power sockets in bathrooms, in Sweden sockets may be
fitted in bathrooms provided they are either earthed and protected by a
Ground Fault Interrupter (there is probably a requirement that the GFI
be located outside the bathroom), or have an isolating step-down
transfomer internally, 220/110 and about 20 VA or so. Houses built after
The latter sounds like hte 'shaver sockets' we get in the UK. As I
mentioned, I bought a few in a pound shop and extractd the transformers
form them -- 110-0-110V at 20VA will power some small valve projects and
I've yet to find any other new HT transformers for a pound each :-)
1994 may not
have non-earthed sockets anywhere.
I have no idea what the regualtions ontaht are over here. Virtually every
new installation (since about 1948) uses the 'ring main' with 3 pin
(earthed) sockets and plugs with intenral cartridge fuses.
I think the only non-earthed sockets you would find now are isolated
shaver sockets.
My bathroom has a small laundry section which I am intending to use as a
darkroom. My flat is from 1963 so there is no socket in there, I have
bought a portable GFI and intend to run an earthed extension lead from
the kitchen via the GFI into the bathroom whenever I want to use it as a
darkroom. Probably illegal but it should protect me (I hope...).
I would have to check the rgualtions, but in a darkroom you are working
in poor light with electricla stuff and water. No way would I want to do
without n RCD.