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Default is it legal for a UK 13A mains plug to _not_ have a fuse? dodgy camera battery charger?



"Nick Odell" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:53:34 -0700 (PDT), airsmoothed
wrote:

On Jun 24, 9:31 am, airsmoothed wrote:
On Jun 24, 8:43 am, The Night Tripper wrote:

Roger Mills wrote:

[...]

Solution? Turn up a solid brass 'fuse' in the lathe and insert it
into
the 13A plug. No more blown fuses after that!

I've seen that done on Hifi equipment as well, for reasons of improved
sound quality (takes cover...)

Cheers
J^n

Making sure that you use a proper audiophile mains plug of course, a
mere 108 quid!:-

http://www.mains-cables-r-us.co.uk/m...ains-plug.html


try again:-
http://tinyurl.com/67oymhk


I can't see the point in making an investment like that only to plug
it into raw mains electricity coming through polluted copper cables. I
say rip out your house wiring and replace it all the way back to the
substation with gold plated oxygen free silver.


What's the point?
The transformers don't use OFC and they run hot and emit thermal noise (like
valves do).

What you need to invest in is micro generation so you can control what's in
the circuit.

£12k for some solar PV, £10k for a gas powered sterling engine, some
batteries, etc is all that's needed to make a nice power supply for your
HiFi system.
Opps sorry they are the trade prices, retail +1000%.

Nick