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   From: dave@davenoise.co.uk   
      
   In article <4f298157.5289806@news.eternal-september.org>,   
      Don Pearce  wrote:   
   > >Think I prefer our system where all of these can be used on any outlet   
   > >in the house. Although fixed heating would normally have an individual   
   > >radial circuit. As would water heating.   
      
   > Back in the olden days there was always a cooker spur rated at 30   
   > amps. That came straight from the fuse board to the cooker, which was   
   > wired into the wall plate without a socket.   
      
   Yes. And water heating.   
      
   > Everything else was ring. On each floor you'd have a separate ring for   
   > the sockets and lights.   
      
   Ring for lights? In the early days many houses were wired with just the   
   one ring. Next came a separate one for the kitchen.   
      
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