It was definitely 1961 based on the history of her career. She wouldn’t have been doing that while in politics later on and that’s a very serious archive, so it’s highly unlikely the dates aren’t accurate.
https://esbarchives.ie/2018/11/14/modern-living-country-style-1961/
Presentation style is also very much turn of the 1960s, and still has a 1950s vibe to it.
The look like English Electric Liberator machines, which were introduced in 1960, so would make sense that ESB had them on display.
We’d primarily 16amp Schuko sockets, but 15amp BS 546 slipped into use. The smaller sizes of BS546 weren’t really used at all (5amp and 2amp), as in it was a used as direct equivalent to Schuko.
The present day, fused 13 amp BS1363 plug and socket system was only adopted around 1965 and wasn’t generally used with ring circuits. They usually sit on 16 or 20amp radials, or sometimes 20amp rings, without any uprating of cable capacity, rather we just use the feed from both ends to reduce voltage drop on long runs, but not 32amp circuits. It’s a slightly more conservative wiring system in some ways.
Fusing was done with Siemens type Diazed or Neozed cartridge fuses. There’s still typically one main fuse/switch on modern panels.
Also RCDs were made mandatory on sockets around 1980 and had come into use in the 1970s on an optional basis. Earthing etc is pretty similar to the U.K.
Also some other minor differences like twin and earth cable isn’t allowed. The earth conductor has to be the same size as the current carrying conductors, and be insulated. You’d also find a lot of wiring, especially from the 60s, 70s and 80s was done with double insulated singles, rather than multicore cable.
There’s a fuse board from an Irish home from, dating from about 1980. The lever device is a 30mA RCD and the modern RCBO is a later addition for an electric shower, but they were DIN rail modules for many, many years.
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