On 2007-08-23 08:31:26 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" said:


"John Rumm" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:

They have one MCB or RCBO at the CU to isolate the appliance. Nice and
neat, out of the way and accessible. The best way.

Requiring dedicated circuit wiring for each and every appliance.... hmmm novel.

No. The standard in the rest of the world and safer. Ours is cheap -
and nasty.

Have you seen French electrical fittings and wiring practices?
They are better than the U.S., but that is all that can be said.


The UK system can't be described as cheap or nasty in the sense of the
fittings used or the electrical design. In other countries, the
radial design does result in the need for many more circuit breakers in
an installation, which increases the cost on that side somewhat.