"John Rumm" wrote in message
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:::Jerry:::: wrote:

Yes, of course, but if the circuit is a radial that's also
protected
by a suitable MCB, in fact if it was a radial you would only need
a
CU and not a FCU.

But then your radial may be limited to supplying only one
appliance...

The FCU buys you nothing really. A socket mounted flush to the wall
will
take far less space than the normal hoses etc. that poke out the
back of
most appliances so that is a bit of a non issue.

So you want people to haul out their appliances just to isolate them
now....!


No you can't, unless you have a plug and socket taking up space
in a
cupboard, and what if there isn't a cupboard near - what do you
do
when you have three appliances in a row, only the two end units
are
next to any possible cupboard.

The lead on the appliance will be plenty long enough to reach round
(most have 1.8m leads as a minimum) the appliance to the left or
right.
Failing that, mount the socket on the wall behind it.

So you want people to have to haul out two or more appliances if one
needs to be (re)moved ?!....


The point was about bare cable being left sticking out of moulded
plugs that have been cut off appliance leads (which is impossible
to

That is not a particular fault of moulded plugs as such, cut any
plug
off and you have the same situation. It is only a real problem if
you
then strip the ends of the stub of wire poking out of the plug and
actually plug it in. Why would you?

Err?!.....


remove, unlike those that can be split), your comment about
badly
wired plugs was irrelevant.

Not really, because the compulsory intrduction of pre-fitted plugs
on
new equipment (moulded or otherwise) did result is a big decrease
in
accidents with appliances.

But that wasn't the issue, no one has suggested AFAIR that pre fitted
plugs have been a bad thing.


The moulded ones are also better/safer in some circumstances due to
their much more effective cord grip. The gain from that is far more
likely to prevent an accident than the potential risk posed by
someone
plugging in a detached plug.


That's a design issue that could be cured in split type plugs though,
the real reason moulded on plugs are used is cost.