On 17/08/2020 22:47, Cursitor Doom wrote:
[...]
(with time it became clear that joe public was not equipped to make
sensible choices in this area, and the modern practice of ensuring that
if overload protection was required, then it must be in the appliance
itself and not on the end of the flex where it can be changed at the
whim of anyone with access to a fuse (or bit of tin foil).

We used to use strips of milk bottle tops back in the day. But I'm
giving my age away now. ;-)


And the age of your mother's milkman:-)

--
Adam