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Owain writes:
On Dec 22, 7:37*pm, Tim Lamb wrote:
..... Is there any point in forcing the box open in the hope of
by-passing the electronics?
I don't know, but a shelf-full of Xmas lights disappeared off the
shelves in one shop three hours after I emailed Trading Standards.
Fuseless 13A plugs.

That's something they are very hot on, rightly so, and it means this
is rarely a problem anymore.
Unfused 13A plugs come out of China and are aimed at the Hong Kong
marketplace. Even though equally illegal there, enforcement hasn't
historically been as rigourous.

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Andrew Gabriel
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