On 1 Sep, 13:56, Andy Dingley wrote:
On 1 Sep, 11:45, Sidney Endon-Lee wrote:

Interestingly, in large parts of continental Europe, it is standard to
have both live and neutral fuses,

If you've already taken the route of two-pin connections and relying
on insulation more than an earthed case, then there's less need to
avoid the fused neutral. You have however lost the benefits of metal
cases being earthed, for protection against internal shorts to that
case.

This is 'Class 0' protection, which has not been permitted in the UK
for many years, and is now on the way out on the Continent, it relies
on there being no extraneous conductive parts and an insulating floor
to limit shock current, even there it was prohibited in conductive
locations such as concrete floors, kitchens, bathrooms, cellars etc.