In article ,
Roger Hayter wrote:
I don't think that the existence of unswitched sockets is evidence
either way as to whether it is appropriate to routinely put in and take
out a plug from a live socket. The most common use is as a demountable
permanent connection to an appliance fed from a separate isolating
switch.

Never really saw any point in an unswitched socket - except to save
pennies at the expense of convenience.

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