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   From: mapson.scarts@btinternet.INVALID   
      
   "Jim Lesurf"  wrote in message   
   news:524c3a137anoise@audiomisc.co.uk...   
   : In article , Jerry   
   :  wrote:   
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   : > "Jim Lesurf"  wrote in message   
   : > news:524bd4a560noise@audiomisc.co.uk...   
   : > : In article , Jerry   
   : > :  wrote:   
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   : > : Almost anything "can" happen. But in reality how often does   
   it?   
   :   
   :   
   : > Not very often, just as kids in areas that do not use the   
   UK's BS1363   
   : > plug/socket don't tend to poke things into other types of   
   sockets,   
   :   
   : So no stats on either.   
   :   
      
   Indeed, just like everyone else...   
      
   :   
   : > : > But then people know that, in the UK appliances could   
   : > actually be   
   : > : > protected at 30A (with old slow-blow fuse wire) but the   
   : > person using   
   : > : > the appliance believes that it is protected at the   
   correct   
   : > 3A.   
   : > :   
   : > : How often is that the case? I've not come across anyone   
   using   
   : > fuse wire (of   
   : > : any rating) to replace the fuse cart in a mains plug for   
   : > decades. is that   
   : > : what you are referring to?   
   :   
   : > No, think metal bolt/rod or similar, that is the same   
   diameter as the   
   : > BS fuse and you might get the idea. If an unthinking idiot   
   can do it,   
   : > they probably will,   
   :   
   : Again, not really comparative stats.   
      
   Indeed, just like everyone else...   
      
   :   
   : > Again, what is the statistical evidence for this   
   : > : being a significant problem?   
   : > :   
   :   
   : > Why do you think the law was changed in the UK so that all   
   (non   
   : > wholesale) domestic, free standing, electrical equipment has   
   to now   
   : > come pre-fitted with a BS1363 plug and correct fuse?   
   :   
   : Why do you thing that asking a question is a substitute for   
   having the   
   : relevant statistical data to compare the outcomes for different   
   systems? If   
   : the UK system "wasn't for consumer convenience" then your   
   implication is   
   : that is was for some other reason - e.g. safety. Hence arguing   
   against your   
   : earlier implication that shuttering hasn't any value.   
      
   The problem was the number of *incorrectly wired* plugs being   
   used, even by people who either should have known better or who   
   should have been trained, nothing what so ever to do with the   
   shuttering on the sockets.   
      
   :   
   : I appreciate you have loads of opinions. But I was asking if   
   you had any   
   : reliable stats.   
   :   
      
   Much like you and everyone else then, so please, no more of your   
   sycophantic bullshit then, unless you care to quote and cite some   
   hard facts...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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