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Aunt bought (or rather had bought for her) a dehumidifier (BQWDH-610A),
it says on the instructions "to avoid tripping the circuit do not use an
extension lead". I can not see why plugging in to an extension lead
would affect the electrics at all. I thought the warning was "to avoid
tripping" i.e. falling over the trailing flex but apparently the warning
is "to avoid tripping the circuit" does anyone know why an extension
lead would trip any circuit?
NB I haven't seen this warning aunt says it is "to avoid tripping the
circuit" but I am more and more convinced it is "to avoid tripping"
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On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:09:00 GMT, "soup" wrote:


Aunt bought (or rather had bought for her) a dehumidifier (BQWDH-610A),
it says on the instructions "to avoid tripping the circuit do not use an
extension lead". I can not see why plugging in to an extension lead
would affect the electrics at all. I thought the warning was "to avoid
tripping" i.e. falling over the trailing flex but apparently the warning
is "to avoid tripping the circuit" does anyone know why an extension
lead would trip any circuit?
NB I haven't seen this warning aunt says it is "to avoid tripping the
circuit" but I am more and more convinced it is "to avoid tripping"


It's probably an iffy Chinese translation of the word cable.

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soup wrote:

Aunt bought (or rather had bought for her) a dehumidifier (BQWDH-610A),
it says on the instructions "to avoid tripping the circuit do not use an
extension lead". I can not see why plugging in to an extension lead
would affect the electrics at all. I thought the warning was "to avoid
tripping" i.e. falling over the trailing flex but apparently the warning
is "to avoid tripping the circuit" does anyone know why an extension
lead would trip any circuit?
NB I haven't seen this warning aunt says it is "to avoid tripping the
circuit" but I am more and more convinced it is "to avoid tripping"


well its closer than an 'ovulating fan'


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NB I haven't seen this warning aunt says it is "to avoid tripping the
circuit" but I am more and more convinced it is "to avoid tripping"


well its closer than an 'ovulating fan'


I had a knife that warned "keep out of children". And a packet of nuts on an
airline that said "Warning: May contain nuts". I should bloody well hope so!

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I had a knife that warned "keep out of children". And a packet of nuts on an
airline that said "Warning: May contain nuts". I should bloody well hope so!


Ah! Those again. Like the warning on the base of a Tesco trifle. "Keep other
way up".

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Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics) wrote:

Ah! Those again. Like the warning on the base of a Tesco trifle. "Keep other
way up".


Scanning quickly through a few hundred unread articles I parsed that as
"Tesco rifle." I suppose when Tesco operate in the USA (if they don't
already) ...

I remember looking at the bag for a TV accessory (a coax flylead or
similar) identifying the item concerned by means of its "Prat no."

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Andy Wade wrote:

I remember looking at the bag for a TV accessory (a coax flylead or
similar) identifying the item concerned by means of its "Prat no."


The chain cutter in my local shed was labeled "Not for pubic use" at
one point.

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The chain cutter in my local shed was labeled "Not for pubic use"
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Sounds reasonable.........

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The chain cutter in my local shed was labeled "Not for pubic use" at
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Would that be the Golders Green branch?

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