On Thursday, 14 January 2016 02:10:01 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:


Mike Tomlinson wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Yes, no one else did it that way and it turns out to be a much better
way to do without those now that fully moulded cables are now
almost universal and vastly more reliable than wired on plugs.

The fuse is there to protect the appliance cable

And it turns out that everywhere else doesn't
need the appliance cable protected.

You would need to make sure the appliance cord is capable of taking the
maximum current the radial can supply then. To have the same protection as
with a plug fuse.

Yup. 16A here.