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Subject: Re: Mains power voltage drop to reduce usage?
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by: Animal - Tue, 8 Nov 2022 21:19 UTC

On Tuesday, 8 November 2022 at 21:11:31 UTC, John Larkin wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Nov 2022 07:10:14 +1100, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 09 Nov 2022 04:53:53 +1100, DJ Delorie <d...@delorie.com> wrote:
> >
> >> John Larkin <jla...@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> writes:
> >>> The plugs in the UK are about as big as a cat. They have fuses inside.
> >>
> >> Oh, I agree the idea of a device-specific fuse right in the plug is a
> >> wonderful idea,
> >
> >No it is not. It makes a lot more sense to have the device
> >specific fuse in the device itself. That's why the whole of
> >the rest of the world does it that way and now that so little
> >is actually made in the UK anymore, there is no sense in
> >having the fuse in the plug as well anymore.
> >
> >> along with insulating the part of the blade that's
> >> accessible if the plug isn't all the way inserted. I've seen a few
> >> occasions of that in the USA (fuses at least) but we're too cheap and
> >> lazy to do it universally.

> Circuits are ring wired in the UK too, aren't they?

many are, some are radial. Rings have many advantages but it's odd how many don't properly understand them.

> And use some sort
> of giant terminal blocks, no wire nuts.

wire nuts were banned in 1955 iirc

> We mostly use 12-2 Romex for house wiring now. Originally we had
> knob-and-tube, and then individual wires in conduit.
>
> Romex leaks a lot of e-field so it's easy to trace wires inside walls.

Don't change the reason, just change the excuses! -- Joe Cointment

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