"Dave Liquorice" wrote in
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ll.co.uk...
: On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:35:24 -0500, JW wrote:
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: Yeah, but we're smart enough to not put them in our living
room.
:
: What makes you think we do?
:
: Why else would you care what it looks like?
:
: Because we don't like heavy industrial looking stuff in our
homes,
: even in the boiler or utility room.
:

Actually it is just what one is used to, a bit like driving on
the right or left, anything else looks or feels weird...

Anyway, looking at the average sized UK consumer panel these days
(12 way + plus incoming main switch and such circuit switches
[1]) they are starting to look very heavy and 'industrial' anyway
(if one looks beyond the magnolia self coloured plastic cases),
gone are the days when one could get away with a slim-lined 4 or
6 way consumer unit...

[1] with the prospect of even more dedicated radials being
specified in the next few years