On 11/12/2010 8:10 AM Jules Richardson spake thus:

The plugs are always fused in the UK, and of course domestic AC is always
240V, so there's largely no need to mess around with different outlet
styles (there are some different plug and outlet types for very high
draws, but those aren't generally seen in home situations, and things
like electric stoves are normally hard-wired into a wall plate). Plug
fuses there are usually 13A maximum, and if I remember right the maximum
current draw on the ring circuit is around 30A.

So how does that work? What form factor are the fuses--glass tubes?
cartridges? Easy to see if they're blown and replace them?


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