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   From: david.looser@btinternet.com   
      
   "John Williamson"  wrote   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   I was singularly unimpressed with Italian mains safety. The 10A plug has 3   
   thin pins with no support for the plug other than that provided by the pins,   
   so the plugs tend to hang half-out of the socket due to the weight of the   
   flex. No shutters, no plug-top fuses and in the (modern) installation I saw   
   large numbers of sockets were all wired to a single fuse or circuit breaker   
   of significantly higher rating that of the plug & socket.   
      
   David.   
      
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