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   From: mike@jasper.org.uk   
      
   In article <9osdhoF80aU1@mid.individual.net>, David Looser   
    writes   
      
   >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.   
      
   'Waco' or 'Wago' plug, I think.  The problem was that the live pin-cum-   
   fuse tended to unscrew from the plug body and stay in the socket when   
   the plug was pulled.  Not exactly safe...   
      
   > The fuse had a threaded   
   >stud on one end and simply screwed into the face of the plug to form the   
   >live pin.   
      
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