Wadsworth wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Alan wrote:

Given that all appliances come with fitted plugs these days, it
would be
easy to make the use of the wrong fuse impossible,


I'm sure that I could make my roll of aluminium foil fit any size of
fuse receptacle.


I'd say you'd find that difficult with blade type fuses as used in cars.

However, the idea was to make the system foolproof. Not c**t proof.



"The problem with designing something completely foolproof is to under
estimate the ingenuity of a complete fool." - Douglas Adams

Adam


I'm with Alan and ARWadsworth on this one. Anyone stupid enough to try
doing unnatural things with stuff that's there to protect them, that
they don't understand, deserves everything that they get. Even if its
ultimately a Darwin Award

At the end of the day any system that depends for its safety on measures
that are accessible to "idiots" is going to be compromised, for the
reasons articulated by Mr Adams. Personally my view is that we need to
do our best to make the system totally safe for the average user who
follows the rules, and make it very difficult for the average DIYer to
mess up.

However, we are unlikely to ever be able to cope with the lunatic fringe
who are actively trying to circumvent the safety systems, and we
probably shouldn't even try ...

Cheers
Richard