"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:23:30 +0100, Tim Streater
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In article , John
Rumm wrote:

On 22/10/2014 00:39, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:33:04 +0100, GB
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On 21/10/2014 23:57, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 23:49:01 +0100, GB
wrote:

On 21/10/2014 23:30, Uncle Peter wrote:

It appears she did. And when I said I had fuses she was
horrified.

I've just had some fuses replaced with trip switches on a house I'm
letting out. It makes life an awful lot simpler.

Why is it simpler? Fuses hardly ever blow, unlike some breakers....


See if you can work it out.

It isn't simpler, that's the answer.

Try this as a thought experiment:

Its 11pm, your tenant has just rang to say they turned the hall light
on, and now all the lights have gone out. You have a choice of talking a
technically clueless person through:

1) Finding the circuit breaker with the popped out button, and telling
them to push it

or

2) pulling out a fuse carrier, finding a screwdriver, finding some fuse
wire, get them to work out which is the 5A, now talk them through wiring
the carrier (in the dark), and replacing the fuse.

I would contest that 1 is far simpler for all involved.

I think you have this back to front. The proposition is that (1) is
simpler, you should be asserting it, not contesting it.

I proposed (1) it wasn't simpler, so he was contesting hat I said.

What I meant was breakers trip more often than fuses,

Mine don't and I have had both with everything else the same.

although they may be quicker to reset.

No may be about it, always are in fact.

In spades with technoklutzes.