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Comment on Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?

No - there’s fuses in the plugs themselves, the switch is largely for convenience and safety - if you want to unplug something broken and potentially live, it’s much safer to switch it off at the wall than risk a shock

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Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Are folks able to replace the fuses without exposing live parts? I totally get the safety angle.

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- skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  fuse is in plug and accessible only when plug is disconnected
  
  it’s also a very weird thing because fuses are supposed to protect what is downstream of them. so effectively fuse in plug protects cord and appliance only, not the wires in the wall. there’s breaker box for this
  
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  - Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Whoa. Thanks all!
    
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  - x4740N@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    It is safer for the fuse to be in the plug for those people who think they are electricians and end up causing house fires or bzzzt’ing themselves
    
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    skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    i understand that it’s remnant from times when fusebox wasn’t a thing and it was an attempt at protecting ring circuit, that’s all. it makes little sense
    
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- bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  The screw to get to it is supposed to be on the side that would be facing the wall when plugged in so no
  
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Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Where I live we would just turn off the breaker for that part of the house

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