"Ron" wrote in message
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: It's still not really a problem because the lamps mains cable
is almost
: certainly heavy enough to blow a 13 amp fuse if there's a dead
short.
: It's pretty academic anyway as these days all domestic
appliances in the
: UK are supposed to be supplied with a fitted plugtop with the
: (hopefully)correct fuse.

But would it be enough is the plugs fuse had been bridged out and
thus fused at what ever the breaker is rated at on the panel (in
the case of UK ring circuits that is 30 amps)? Just because an
appliance comes pre-fitted with a plug and the correct fuse it
doesn't mean that it will remain so though out the life of the
device.

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: Comparing the US and the UK domestic mains electricity
installations is
: pointless - as is arguing about them. (IMHO)
:

At most Ron that is a side show, what Plowman has taken exception
to is the UK regs that allow for radial circuits, and the dangers
or otherwise of both UK spec radial and ring circuits.