"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article
ws.net,
:::Jerry:::: wrote:
There is nothing to stop any idiot, who can open a plug,
replacing a
3amp fuse with the shank of a 8mm bolt, with radial circuits and
final protection back at the distribution board that is not so
easy,
especially if that final protection is via circuit breakers - so
yes,
the final 'ring circuit' is wide open to abuse. It was years
before
all appliances came pre-fitted with plugs and the correct fuse,
how
many people fitted a plug without then changing the supplied
13amp
fuse to the correct lower rating?...

As I said, the final ring circuit is a 'one size fits all'
solution
that is open to abuse.

And when there were different sizes of plugs, what was to stop an
idiot
using a five amp one for a 3 kW heater?


True, but then the final protection would trip...