John Rumm wrote:
wrote:

If there were plugs and sockets that took up half or a third the
space
of today's, and were fully compatible with 13A plugs/skts, meaning
you
could plug either kind of plug into any and all sockets, and they
were
to all the usual BS etc, would you choose to use them? Why?

Probably not, firstly because I don't find the current ones that
objectionable,

fairy nuff.


secondly, you can see any attempt at size reduction will
be thwarted by the first wall wart to come along.

I dont understand that. Wall warts would have no effect on the use of
smaller plugs as well as the present standard.

The way I see the size question is we dont to see want a long row of
sockets on teh wall, but we do want more sockets to use nowadays.
Fitting 6 sockets in the space of 1 double would solve that, and since
both systems would be fully compatible, it would not affect the use of
present plugs in those sockets, they would be usde as now at the same
density as now. And the new plugs would fit the present old sockets
too, so there would be no compatibility problem.


NT