On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 14:09:15 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
alan_m wrote:
On 22/01/2019 08:55, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
do you think the merrycan way of switching with down off is more sensibubble
that what we do in the uk ?




Two way switching uses both conventions.

Up/down os probably only really seen with older tooggle knobs on
switches. Most of us probably use sockets/switches where pressing the
lower part is on and pressing the upper part is off.

At one time, Crabtree sockets had their rocker switch flush when off.
Raised on. Which meant bashing it with a chair leg or whatever meant it
could only be switched off. Seemed quite sensible to me.

Is this why hospitals tend to have sockets without a switch so they can't accidently be switched off ?