It's a bit of a palaver, but what you do is:

Find an item that you want, but select one of the ones from a market
place seller that has a non-fused 3 pin plug. One that is 'fulfilled by
Amazon'.

When it arrives, call customer services and explain that it's illegal to
sell this item, and it's a criminal offence.

They'll refund you and tell you to bin the item.

At last, you've got a use for one of those old 3 pin plugs you've been
saving all these years!

On 20/12/2020 13:44, GB wrote:
It's a bit of a palaver, but what you do is:

Find an item that you want, but select one of the ones from a market
place seller that has a non-fused 3 pin plug. One that is 'fulfilled by
Amazon'.

When it arrives, call customer services and explain that it's illegal to
sell this item, and it's a criminal offence.

They'll refund you and tell you to bin the item.

At last, you've got a use for one of those old 3 pin plugs you've been
saving all these years!

All you need is one of Adams apprentices to wire it up
for you :-)

GB Wrote in message:
It's a bit of a palaver, but what you do is:

Find an item that you want, but select one of the ones from a market
place seller that has a non-fused 3 pin plug. One that is 'fulfilled by
Amazon'.

When it arrives, call customer services and explain that it's illegal to
sell this item, and it's a criminal offence.

They'll refund you and tell you to bin the item.

At last, you've got a use for one of those old 3 pin plugs you've been
saving all these years!


"Big Clive" featured a Chinese string of festive lights recently
with a convincing UK plug (well, apart from the shrouded earth
pin).
Problem was, the lights still worked with the fuse removed.
--

%Profound_observation%


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/

On 21/12/2020 02:36, Graham. wrote:

"Big Clive" featured a Chinese string of festive lights recently
with a convincing UK plug (well, apart from the shrouded earth
pin).
Problem was, the lights still worked with the fuse removed.


The worst chinese 13A plug that I've come across was one where the ends
of the pins were not chamfered. Without the chamfer it's almost
impossible to get the earth pin to lift the shutter in the socket and to
get the electrical contacts apart easily. It was a plug more likely to
physically damage what it was plugged into.


--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 02:36:03 +0000 (GMT+00:00), "Graham."
wrote:

GB Wrote in message:
It's a bit of a palaver, but what you do is:

Find an item that you want, but select one of the ones from a market
place seller that has a non-fused 3 pin plug. One that is 'fulfilled by
Amazon'.

When it arrives, call customer services and explain that it's illegal to
sell this item, and it's a criminal offence.

They'll refund you and tell you to bin the item.

At last, you've got a use for one of those old 3 pin plugs you've been
saving all these years!

"Big Clive" featured a Chinese string of festive lights recently
with a convincing UK plug (well, apart from the shrouded earth
pin).
Problem was, the lights still worked with the fuse removed.

I visited the Finnish radio museum a few years ago, in the old
transmitting hall under the main antenna of the Lahti long-wave
transmitter. The flurorescent lights worked there without being
plugged in.