"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article
ws.net,
:::Jerry:::: wrote:
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...

You weren't around in the days of those radial circuits? It was
common to

I was actualy...

see both 5 and 15 amp plugs on the same circuit.


But that is not what you originally implied, someone trying to run a
3kw heater off a 5amp supply. What is the difference between someone
running a 5amp load off a 15amp radial circuit and someone leaving a
13amp fuse in a BS 1363 type plug, or worse still, using that bolt to
bridge out were the fuse goes and thus protecting something at 30amp
rather than the correct 5amp ?...