DP has just broke my dryer

I know you can change a plug yourself but I wasn’t taught this at school (I wish I had been), Im 49. It would be great if they taught more practice stuff like this at school.

Ok……ok…….i get your point but I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s NOT something a complete novice should attempt ……. particularly those who don’t know the difference between a plug and a socket! And FWIW, I change my own sockets, change plugs, change fuses, fix dripping taps ……I could go on but I have an extension to build

it was not that long ago you did not buy appliances with plugs so you had to know

I got taught how to change a plug by my brother but it definitely wasn’t anything taught at school.

School was crap at teaching practical and useful stuff such as budgeting and home maintenance.

Another thread where people can’t accept not all of us are taught the same things, nor do we all sit GCSEs in the UK

It's unbelievable now that we used to buy electrical goods that came without a plug!

Am I mis-remembering but didn't this also apply to large items such as washing machines?

In my 40s and was definitely taught at school, but I don’t think I’ve ever done it in real life.

DD was actually taught this at school the other week, so it’s certainly still taught in some schools.

Not true. There is nothing to say someone can't change their own sockets. We have done ours, sometimes me, sometimes husband.

I’m 36 and never learnt anything like this in school. I knew it was possible from TV but wouldn’t know how to do it myself. My parents weren’t born and raised in the UK either so they wouldn’t have done it growing up.

OP - ignore all the snotty remarks. You don’t know what you don’t know, after all ☺️

They are absolutely as straightforward as a lamp plug.

Structure of a plug is on the GCSE science spec (both physics separate and combined). I suppose school don’t have to teach how to rewire one but it is the easiest way to teach that lesson. Class set of plugs, screwdrivers and electricity off at the wall in case someone tries to use the plug!

One of my favourite lessons.

It's absolutely fine to change a socket yourself.

Wall socket or plug? Dryer plugs aren’t as straightforward as a standard lamp plug. I have not heard of changing a plug being on the school currently recently (teacher).

Same, 34

Many people were definitely implying OP is an idiot

Really?

I'm 29 and was never taught how to wire a plug at school, or brownies. I've never seen or heard of anyone having to rewire a plug

Tbh my dad is a physics teacher and has never once mentioned it to me at any point. And he mentioned a lot of the physics curriculum throughout my life

It's not a modern lifeskill. And even if I had been taught it in school I wouldn't be confident I could remember something I'd learnt at 8 in brownies!

I think rather than implying that you are an idiot people’s surprise and comments were about the changes in society that have led to this happening. I recently replaced a plug on a standard lamp I was revamping and realised just how many, many years it was since I had done this.
Is the plastic of the plug broken or have the wires pulled out? If the latter then it is simple enough to rejoin, the plug may have a diagram inside to guide you. If you watch a video make sure it is a uk one. If the plug is smashed usually easy to buy, a replacement but make sure it is 13amp.

Don’t worry OP I’ve never wired a plug nor would I know how to and nor was I taught it at school. I would also be scared to do it in case I got it wrong and electrocuted myself.

34 we learnt in school
We learnt BRown for Bottom Right
BLue for Bottom Left

Im 51 and was never taught this at school

I wouldn't trust that idiot to change the plug, OP. However I would tell him it's his problem to resolve.

Well I once broke my own dryer when I bashed my head on the open door and then repeatedly hit the door closing mechanism in a fit of blind rage. That's was quite embarrassing when the bloke who came to fix it asked what happened to it😂

Ignore the snippy responses. I was taught at school but that was a long time ago and I’d have to look it up. My son is 17 and wasn’t.

I’m 33 and I got taught this. It was in physics maybe somewhere between year 7 and 9. It was definitely part of the curriculum