Plug confusion

[Grasmere9]

Please can someone explain why this plug has a pin attached to it??

 

[David and Sally]

I think positive location into the plug hole. Some I think only come up so far when emptying. Stops you losing it?

 

[Grasmere9]

Positive location.... love it...for plugging in the dark?!

 

[Revolvor]

The little o-ring on the spigot allows you to pull the plug up slightly to empty the sink without removing it fully. As said by David and Sally, it stops you losing it.

 

[Speve]

we had one like that until pin got stuck and plug came off so just took pin out and use it without.

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[deleted79651]

Positive location.... love it...for plugging in the dark?!

Plugging is an anagram of puggling, so time for the cotton buds ...

Back on topic; the loop/hook possibly dates back to the time when it was attached to a short length of chain that could be attached to the tap or similar to avoid losing the plug or the chain. The cheap [alleged] chrome soon shows its shortcomings, and after about 3 days, you have a rust coloured 'necklace' imprint on the bathroom sink, not dissimilar to those tool outlines that you have in the workshop ... So don't clean off the rust; use it as a template to align the chain perfectly ...

Steve

 

[lynnian]

Our van bathroom sink has the same plug but also the sink plug hole has the opposite female part you insert it into. "Ooh er misses"

 

[Guigsy]

The detent near the bottom means it'll sit in the plughole in a raised position and still let water out. We use the plug like this in our bathroom.

But for the kitchen sink, it's a pain. If you put anything in the sink, it inevitably knocks the plug closed. So we put the plug in the plug in the tray that holds the dish cloth and scrubber.

 

[Grasmere9]

Our N&B has a missing bathroom sink plug! It's tiny!!