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   From: mapson.scarts@btinternet.INVALID   
      
   "Paul Ratcliffe"  wrote in   
   message news:slrnjg9mqt.4m4.abuse@news.pr.network...   
   : On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:42:22 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John)   
   :  wrote:   
   :   
   : >>I agree, the BS1363 plug is not my favourite design. Some   
   years ago there   
   : >   
   : > It is far too big for most of the devices currently on it,   
   yes - and   
   : > also, the three ratings for the matching fuse (BS1362) widely   
   available   
   : > are far too high: 3, 5, and 13A. (Even 1A - which you _can_   
   get in   
   : > BS1362, but you don't half have to hunt for it   
   :   
   : Huh? RS have 1,2,3,5,7,10,13 readily available. This is not   
   what   
   : I'd call "half having to hunt for".   
      
   Except that if you said "RS" to most of the UK's population they   
   would either look back blankly or think of a Ford motor car that   
   was popular in the 1970s and '80s. Again Mr Ratcliffe shows that   
   he lives only in a bubble of techo-babble speak...   
      
   :   
   : > - is too high for most   
   : > electronic appliances.) IMO, the fact that the plugs are   
   fused actually   
   : > gives a _false_ sense of security, _because_ the fuse ratings   
   are so   
   : > high; all that fuse can effectively protect is the mains lead   
   (or power   
   : > cord, as it's called in US) itself.   
   :   
   : The fuse is only *designed* to protect the mains lead, not the   
   device to   
   : which the lead is connected. That's what the device's internal   
   fuse is for.   
      
   Assuming it has one, most domestic appliances don't. Again Mr   
   Ratcliffe shows that he lives only in a bubble of techo-babble   
   speak...   
   --   
   Regards, Jerry.   
      
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