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   From: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message <9mh6a4Fhq4U1@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson   
    writes:   
   []   
   >So do the Italians. At least the Swiss one is polarised, the Italian   
   >plug will fit in the socket either way round, so you never really know   
   >which wire is live.   
   >   
   That's another thing: I assume anything is until told otherwise. Most   
   (all I think) equipment that came with Schuko plugs had two-pole mains   
   switches; the penny-pinching of only a single pole always seemed   
   dangerous to me.   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   "Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than going to a garage   
   makes you a car." - Laurence J. Peter   
      
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