Re: Plugs

["i_lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Frank Mc Alinden"
<frankmc@...> wrote:
>
> 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


I have to say - i thought the same: the plugs look like they couldn't
handle as much as the little round 5 amp lighting plugs you used to get in
the UK, never mind 10A.

You do this for a living, so I'll bow to greater experience - just to say
that I'm quite happy to have something over-engineered when it comes to the
mains supply!

One thing I really do like though is the little RCDs in every extension
strip - I would like to see that in UK power strips, rather than them being
fused.

Ian.



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