Dave Plowman (News) wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Dave Plowman (News) wrote
Graham. wrote

I regularly shorten extension leads at the plug end. The flex
comes with bootlace ferrules fitted and the terminal screws
are always lose due to the elasticity of the ferrules.

I've never, ever, seen this on a commercial extension lead.

I've never seen anything on commercial leads, because they
are all moulded now and have been for decades now.

Not in the UK.

Yeah, the British system with the fuse included in the plug top
never did make sense and is what prevents the use of moulded
plugs that have fixed the problem with them going bad over
time forever with cables that are made properly in the first place.

Things like IEC mains leads usually have a moulded
on plug - but things like extension leads often not.

All of ours do and it’s the only thing that makes any sense. The
place for the breaker is in what its plugged into, not the plug itself.