"Paul Ratcliffe" wrote in
message ...
: On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:42:22 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John)
: wrote:
:
: I agree, the BS1363 plug is not my favourite design. Some
years ago there
:
: It is far too big for most of the devices currently on it,
yes - and
: also, the three ratings for the matching fuse (BS1362) widely
available
: are far too high: 3, 5, and 13A. (Even 1A - which you _can_
get in
: BS1362, but you don't half have to hunt for it
:
: Huh? RS have 1,2,3,5,7,10,13 readily available. This is not
what
: I'd call "half having to hunt for".

Except that if you said "RS" to most of the UK's population they
would either look back blankly or think of a Ford motor car that
was popular in the 1970s and '80s. Again Mr Ratcliffe shows that
he lives only in a bubble of techo-babble speak...

:
: - is too high for most
: electronic appliances.) IMO, the fact that the plugs are
fused actually
: gives a _false_ sense of security, _because_ the fuse ratings
are so
: high; all that fuse can effectively protect is the mains lead
(or power
: cord, as it's called in US) itself.
:
: The fuse is only *designed* to protect the mains lead, not the
device to
: which the lead is connected. That's what the device's internal
fuse is for.

Assuming it has one, most domestic appliances don't. Again Mr
Ratcliffe shows that he lives only in a bubble of techo-babble
speak...
--
Regards, Jerry.