Posted: Jul 28, 2017 8:31 am
Matt_B wrote:UK appliances have come with plugs since 1992. The reason they didn't before then was to accommodate houses who still had the pre-1945 sockets, of which there were several varieties.
Indeed, I'd think that having to accommodate a variety of standards would be the main reason why countries would be reticent to change their plugs. Modern safety features, notably surge protectors and circuit breakers, have rendered fuses obsolete in any case. When was the last time you had to replace a blown one?
Still, UK plugs are a pretty good design for not falling out of the socket at the slightest tug at least.
I cant remember really those and they were big the 15amp plugs. But here they have never had fuses in plugs. The system was always in groups. These were the fuses for the group:
Our modern version holds the plug well although when I came here not many plugs were earthed. Usually just the kitchen. Bathrooms did not have plugs.
Is Britain going to drop fused plugs as they are hardly needed these days?
In new houses these are becoming standard. I hope for them the USB standard will be maintained.
