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   From: david.looser@btinternet.com   
      
   "J. P. Gilliver (John)"  wrote in message   
   news:sDsrdUSkaGKPFwyF@soft255.demon.co.uk...   
   > In message , Ron   
   >  writes:   
   >>On 31/01/2012 15:58, David Looser wrote:   
   >>> "Ron"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:WfGdnXnotPmZkbXSnZ2dnUVZ8s6dnZ2d@bt.com...   
   >>>> On 31/01/2012 15:29, David Looser wrote:   
   >>>>> "Jerry"   wrote   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Far more common to find the existing blown fuse wrapped in aluminium   
   >>>> foil.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Well in some 2000-odd PAT tests I've never met that one, how often have   
   >>> you   
   >>> come across it?   
   >>>   
   >>> David.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>I used to see it a couple or three times a year back when I repaired group   
   >>gear, often on HT fuses in valve amplifiers, and back when 20mm fuses   
   >>started to become common in equipment, but not common in toolboxes.   
   > []   
   > I think David was specifically talking about the BS1362 fuses found in   
   > BS1363 plugs. The special (and varied) fuses in the HT amp.s and similar   
   > are less likely to match anything to hand (i. e. another appliance's   
   > plug).   
   > --   
      
   Indeed I was. My comments were in the context of Jerry's assertion that   
   screws, bolts, metal rod etc. are commonly found instead of fuses in BS1361   
   plugs. As you say equipment fuses are far more varied in terms of size,   
   rating and rupture characteristic. They also tend to be a lot more expensive   
   than the readily available BS1362 fuse.   
      
   BTW did anyone here ever come across the alternative design for a UK fused   
   plug? I only met one once, it had round pins and looked fairly similar to   
   the old 15A plug, but the live pin *was* the fuse. The fuse had a threaded   
   stud on one end and simply screwed into the face of the plug to form the   
   live pin. I guess it was a different designer's take on the same design   
   brief that lead to the BS1361 plug.  At least if we had gone with that   
   design it would have been much harder to bypass the fuse!   
      
   David.   
      
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