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David Hansen writes:
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:16:13 +0100 someone who may be Peter Parry
wrote this:-

There is no question that BS 1363 is a fundamentally much safer
system than the Shuko and its variants. This is hardly unexpected as
the Shuko design dates from the 1920's.

This is something I entirely agree with you on. Wiring is something
that the UK has got right for a long time, unlike say plumbing which
was decidedly dodgy until say the 1960s and the adoption of single
pipe drainage almost universally.

BS1363 family is the most recently designed domestic plug and
socket system in the world. It was the result of some 10 years
of competition between manufacturers to design a new standard.
It has been adopted in whole or part by more countries in the
world than any other domestic plug and socket standard. The
standard has been further improved a number of times over its
60 year history, and the mandatory testing required is very
rigorous.

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Andrew Gabriel
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