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   From: mapson.scarts@btinternet.INVALID   
      
   "Arny Krueger"  wrote in message   
   news:yc2dnYkff-Cr_pnSnZ2dnUVZ5q2dnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   : "Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote in message   
   : news:524c03e423dave@davenoise.co.uk...   
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   : > That's impossible as the pins have insulation down most of   
   their length -   
   : > only the end part makes contact.   
   :   
   : I know the German plugs were made that way It is good to know   
   that the UK   
   : plugs are made in a similar way.   
   :   
   : We still have all-brass pins here in the US.   
      
   Any idea what the figures, due to such plug/sockets, are for   
   shock or electrocution in the USA?   
      
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