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   From: mapson.scarts@btinternet.INVALID   
      
   "Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote in message   
   news:52585e9f3ddave@davenoise.co.uk...   
   : In article   
   :   
   <3487ef4f-02f3-4673-9727-3672f9dd3bf0@m11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,   
   :    wrote:   
   : >  No, my beef is not with 220/240 volt distribution-I prefer   
   it. It's   
   : > the goofy room wiring in loops and the goofy sockets the   
   Brits use I   
   : > think are ridiculous.   
   :   
   : You need to look up fires caused by poorly specified house   
   distribution   
   : systems in the US, before criticising the UK. It is many times   
   worse than   
   : here.   
   :   
      
   But that is not caused but the use of radial circuits (opposed to   
   a ring circuit), it's the poor hardware (fittings and conductor)   
   used that causes the problem. If radial circuits were a fire   
   hazard, never mind actually being the cause of fires, then just   
   about every film/TV studio, theatre and other entertainment   
   venues that have a fixed lighting rig would either have burnt   
   down or been shut down on H&S grounds!   
      
   There is nothing wrong with radial circuits, the only two down   
   sides are amount of cabling needed and the size of the breaker   
   panel - IIRC ring circuits were introduced into the UK in an   
   attempt to save on cabling, due to cost. Radial circuits are   
   still, to this day, permitted.   
   --   
   Regards, Jerry.   
      
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