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   From: mapson.scarts@btinternet.INVALID   
      
   "Ron"  wrote in message   
   news:qZudnVHjyYvV1rTSnZ2dnUVZ8jmdnZ2d@bt.com...   
      
      
   : It's still not really a problem because the lamps mains cable   
   is almost   
   : certainly heavy enough to blow a 13 amp fuse if there's a dead   
   short.   
   : It's pretty academic anyway as these days all domestic   
   appliances in the   
   : UK are supposed to be supplied with a fitted plugtop with the   
   : (hopefully)correct fuse.   
      
   But would it be enough is the plugs fuse had been bridged out and   
   thus fused at what ever the breaker is rated at on the panel (in   
   the case of UK ring circuits that is 30 amps)? Just because an   
   appliance comes pre-fitted with a plug and the correct fuse it   
   doesn't mean that it will remain so though out the life of the   
   device.   
      
      
   : Comparing the US and the UK domestic mains electricity   
   installations is   
   : pointless - as is arguing about them. (IMHO)   
   :   
      
   At most Ron that is a side show, what Plowman has taken exception   
   to is the UK regs that allow for radial circuits, and the dangers   
   or otherwise of both UK spec radial and ring circuits.   
      
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