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   From: mapson.scarts@btinternet.INVALID   
      
   "David Looser"  wrote in message   
   news:9mifvpFemsU1@mid.individual.net...   
      
      
   : 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.   
   :   
      
   But how is that any different to some idiot in the UK bridging   
   out the fuse in a BS1363 plug and then using 3A cable to string a   
   large number of trailing sockets together, a prospect that has   
   increased since the introduction of "Part P" in the UK   
   (especially in hazardous areas such as wet areas and kitchens).   
      
   Perhaps you might care to place your comments about Italian   
   electrical safety into some perspective, if it really is as   
   dangerous as you claim, would you like to cite a reference for   
   the number of electrical fires caused by such instillation   
   practises?   
      
   Only the ill-informed or idiots (those without common sense) make   
   something unsafe. As long as the rating of the socket or   
   conductor is not exceeded then there is no problem surely. I note   
   that you failed to specify the cross sectional dimension of   
   conductor used in these Italian instillations...   
   --   
   Regards, Jerry.   
      
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