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   From: mapson.scarts@btinternet.INVALID   
      
   "J. P. Gilliver (John)"  wrote in   
   message news:u9FLCOgo+0APFwAC@soft255.demon.co.uk...   
      
   [re the BS 1363 plug ]   
      
   : must reduce the cross-sectional area, too, though (a) see   
   earlier   
   : comments about the ratings being far more than required for   
   most   
   : appliances anyway,   
      
   But the contact pins are not really over size, remember that   
   their maximum current rating has to be 30A, not 13A.   
      
   : >   
   : >Much better is a 230 volt version of the US 3 prong plug, two   
   round pins   
   : >like the standard EU ungrounded plug, with a slightly longer   
   ground pin   
   : >in the center and below them like  this:   
   : >   
   : >       O     O   
   : >          O   
   : >   
   : >The advantage is that unless you work at it, the ground pin   
   makes contact   
   : >first.   
   : []   
   : I was quite impressed the first time I saw what I think of as   
   the   
   : "Dutch" design: a bit like the Schuko, but the earth is   
   actually a   
   : socket in the plug, and a pin in the socket! Thus if you try to   
   plug in   
   : a plug that doesn't have the socket, it won't go in!   
      
   Yes, but just think about some idiot terminating the wires in the   
   wall plate incorrectly...   
   --   
   Regards, Jerry.   
      
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