On 26/03/2018 22:18, Roger Hayter wrote:
ARW wrote:

On 20/03/2018 10:04, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
Yes most people who set questions in exams have not experienced the real
world very much has been my suspicion for a while now. They are steeped in
the maths but know little about the real world.

It is the real world which says no new appliance should require a less
than 13 amp fuse in a plug. Because if a lower value blows, many will just
replace it with what is to hand, so likely a 13 amp one.



Well if you do not have a fuse then you cut off the plug, strip the
cables back (earth is optional) place the stripped back cables over the
LN socket terminals (L an N reversal is not a problem) plug in the cut
off plug to allow the stripped off terminals into the socket and make
contact to power....

Which can of course be tested by cautiously touching the stubs of the
wire sticking out of the plug.

That's why Adam has apprentices!

:-)