Arny Krueger wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Jesus, those terminals are a fire waiting to happen. They don't grip
wires - all that happens when you tighten them is that the wire gets
spewed out the sides. If you are lucky a tiny bit of it may still be
under the screw head.

Sigh. Such arrogant ignorance. You've never seen one, or used on,
but all you can do is find fault with them.

Oh, but *I* have. Did some work on an American Optical installation that
used these some time ago - and just assumed the design had been changed
for something better by now.


Why change it? They have a damn good safety record, and there are over
a billion in use. Just because someone outside the US dislikes them is
no reason to change.

They are used in the following countries:

American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, China (without
holes in blades and slightly shorter blades), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,
Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Maldives, Mexico, Micronesia, Montserrat,
Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Okinawa, Panama, Peru, Philippines,
Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Saudi Arabia, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, United
States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.& British), Yemen.

The UK style outlet is used in the following countries:

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Channel Islands,
China, Cyprus, Dominica, El Salvador, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jordan, Kenya,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius,
Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent,
Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Tanzania, Uganda, United
Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The UK outlet is actually slightly less well-accepted than the US outlet.
;-)


What is the total number of installed outlets, rather than the total
number of countries?


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