Please advise me on safety of loose plug

[Stephi]

Hi, I'm not an electrician or anything of the sort but I'm hoping to just get some quick advice. In moving my bed I accidentally somehow pulled the faceplate of a plug socket loose so now it's at an angle.


I won't be able to get in touch with my landlord until the morning so I'm hoping someone can advise me as to wether it's safe or if I should turn everything off at the fuse box for the night.
Apologies if I'm in the wrong place and thanks.

 

[PEG]

If we're trying to outdo each other, my mate's got a space rocket and he wanted me to change the bit that makes it go into space. He paid me in NASA grade rocket fuel which I use to start my barbeque. Which is made of titanium left over from when they made the space shuttle.

All that sounds very standard...me pals in Elland, knit,using two unicorns

 

[ruston]

If we're trying to outdo each other, my mate's got a space rocket and he wanted me to change the bit that makes it go into space. He paid me in NASA grade rocket fuel which I use to start my barbeque. Which is made of titanium left over from when they made the space shuttle.

I know , I helped you light it.

 

[GBDamo]

Loose Plug?

Clench I guess......

 

[Deuce]

Loose Plug?

Clench I guess......

I feel ashamed I got that so quickly.


EDIT: The joke, not the loose plug.

 

[GBDamo]

I feel ashamed I got that so quickly.


EDIT: The joke, not the loose plug.

Okey Dokey...

 

[GBDamo]

Loose plug?

I think you need a Proctologist not an Electrician...

 

[PEG]

This thread has a 9/10 from me...more fun than Brexit

 

[Deuce]

This thread has a 9/10 from me...more fun than Brexit

Actually having a loose plug would be more fun than brexit.

Sadly brexit is being overseen by a lady that by all evidence, seems to have an overly tight plug.

 

[GBDamo]

she'd crack it,

In fact is that what that wired walk shes got is about?

 

[MFS Electrical]

Seems a rather drastic conclusion Buzz.

Possibly not though - External influences, specifically impact....

 

[Deuce]

she'd crack it,

In fact is that what that wired walk shes got is about?

Let's just say I feel that as we 'go it alone' a ballsy, imaginative thinker with an interesting life story might be a bit more useful than an uptight, sour fac...

Never mind. Don't want to derail a thread with my political opinions

 

[Deuce]

The OP is going to have a bit of a shock and learn a lot the next time they check this thread

 

[GBDamo]

Maybe it was the, now infamous, loose plug that fell out on to the damaged socket, maybe..

 

[Deuce]

Maybe it was the, now infamous, loose plug that fell out on to the damaged socket, maybe..

It is interesting that teenagers are supposed to select which subjects they wish to specialise in at school, before the basics of plug>socket are covered. They're actually taught pythagoras theorem by default, ahead of having sufficient knowledge of day to day stuff. Does this pupil need to know which is the nut, and which is the bolt? Nope - not until they have fully appreciated the works of Shakespeare!

I suppose the theory is that you don't need to know what is what, as you should be sensible and call a professional. But that's not going to be very useful in this case if the 'handyman' rocks up to replace a loose plug and discovers a loose socket!