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   XPost: sci.electronics.repair   
   From: dave@davenoise.co.uk   
      
   In article <9osdhoF80aU1@mid.individual.net>,   
      David Looser  wrote:   
   > 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!   
      
   One of the alternatives to the now standard 13 amp plug which was around   
   from about the start of the final ring circuit. Made by D&S and used by   
   some councils in their estates. They love to be different. ;-)   
      
   Used by the BBC too from about the mid '50s for a couple of decades for   
   the technical supply in studios etc. To prevent accidental use for none   
   technical equipment.   
      
   They were a horrible design. The fuse could work loose, and remain   
   sticking out of the socket when the plug was removed. They also had a very   
   poor cable clamp - merely a rubber grommet.   
      
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