"Max Demian" wrote in message
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On 10/04/2021 10:24, Owain Lastname wrote:
On Saturday, 10 April 2021 at 01:26:43 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
There were lots of small appliances intended for use on 2A
and 5A plugs, with thin flexes.
Doesnt explain why all other countrys
handle those fine without fused plug tops.

1. Because they didn't have 2A and 5A circuits, their appliances had
thicker flexes?
2. Many European countries had bottle fuses which may have provided finer
protection than rewireable fuses used in Britain.
3. Their electrical safety standards were/are lower?
4. We designed the fused 13A plug to suit the conditions in the UK at the
time and to be the best possible solution overall, albeit a compromise in
some ways.

I would have thought it would be better to have fused sockets, then there
wouldn't be the chance of overload with multiple appliances plugged into
the socket with an unfused adapter.

Real bugger to change the fuse when its down on the skirting board tho
and impossible to make doing that safe for the technostupids. Easy on
both counts when the fuse is in the plug.