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Re: Mains power voltage drop to reduce usage?

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Subject: Re: Mains power voltage drop to reduce usage?
From: tabbyp...@gmail.com (Animal)
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by: Animal - Wed, 9 Nov 2022 21:50 UTC

On Tuesday, 8 November 2022 at 22:28:15 UTC, rod.sp...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:11:23 +1100, John Larkin
> <jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> 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?
> Mostly, but the UK isn't the only jurisdiction that uses ring wiring.
> > And use some sort
> > of giant terminal blocks,
> They don't need to be that big at all.
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=terminal+blocks&tbm=isch
>
> > no wire nuts.
>
> Correct.
> > We mostly use 12-2 Romex for house wiring now. Originally we had
> > knob-and-tube,
>
> > and then individual wires in conduit.
> So did the UK.

We never had knob & tube.

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by: Rod Speed - Wed, 9 Nov 2022 23:13 UTC

On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 08:50:58 +1100, Animal <tabbypurr@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, 8 November 2022 at 22:28:15 UTC, rod.sp...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:11:23 +1100, John Larkin
>> <jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> 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?
>> Mostly, but the UK isn't the only jurisdiction that uses ring wiring.
>> > And use some sort
>> > of giant terminal blocks,
>> They don't need to be that big at all.
>>
>> https://www.google.com/search?q=terminal+blocks&tbm=isch
>>
>> > no wire nuts.
>>
>> Correct.
>> > We mostly use 12-2 Romex for house wiring now. Originally we had
>> > knob-and-tube,
>>
>> > and then individual wires in conduit.
>> So did the UK.
>
> We never had knob & tube.

That's why I deliberately put a blank line before the part of the sentence
I commented on.

Subject	Author
Re: Mains power voltage drop to reduce usage?	Animal
Re: Mains power voltage drop to reduce usage?	Rod Speed