Re: Re: Plugs

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian

Have been her 32 years and when i first saw an Aussie plug i though 10 amps
would make it melt ....But i can honestly say that i have only seen about 3
or 4 plug tops melt due to overloading...therefore my opinion on UK plugs
is
that they are way way over engineered...and as for having fuses in plug
tops...when i was a kid and a fuse blew it was standard practice to use the
silver foil (wrapped around the old fuse) out of cigerette packets .....

Funny though having served my time in the UK  up until about two year ago i
still turned the Oz plugtop around (earth pin on top) when fitting them off
to ensure i had the live (active) on the correct side..;-)...

Nothing wrong with Oz plugtops... ;-)

Frank




----- Original Message -----
From: "i_lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 6:51 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Plugs


> Funny article :)
>
> I wouldn't give the Aussie plugs a 2 out of 10 though.
>
> All of the adapter stips sold have little RCDs in them, presumably to
make
> up for the lack of fuses, but the plugs are bloody lethal.
>
> I've been here for about 18 months now, and I'm actually starting to
get a
> little bit of a phobia about plugging things in. The plugs are so
flimsy,
> it's really awkward to get the balance right - enough force to
actually
> engage the plug is easily enough to bend the pins.
>
> if you have a plug swing down and strike the floor, it's pretty much
> ruined, because the pins bend, and bending them back leaves them in
that
> soft way metal gets when it bends too far.
>
> and if that's not bad enough - they arc like crazy! First time I
plugged
> something in here, I flinched away from the sparking, left it half in,
> half out (arcing like a bloody welder) and blew a PC power supply...
:(
>
> and did I mention that they have mains sockets in bathrooms? the house
I
> rent has a mains socket beside the shower!!!
>
> anyhooo... enough complaining from me ;)
>
>
>
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