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Why are people saying this?

I’ve lived in multiple UK houses and never once seen a socket with a fuse. Are you saying this was change way way back in the day?

All houses have fuse boxes (which then got upgraded to circuit breakers). Not one fuses in sockets. Would be a fucking nightmare to take the socket off and change a fuse.

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cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The fuse is actually in the UK plug (the big brick-like thing with the wire on it), not the socket. But yes, it’s a thing, and most of the rest of the world considers it overkill. Also a lot of cheap junky equipment (ironically the stuff where you’d most want the plug) omits the fuse in the plug, go figure.

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- Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yea I know, I’ve wired a plug.
  
  Never seen a fuse in a socket though. That comment is completely wrong and yet it’s the most up voted reply.
  
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  - silasmariner@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No fuses in the switch box though, it’s a box of circuits breakers
    
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    Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yea I know, I said that.
    
    People still call them fuse boxes though.
    
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    ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The used to be - I had a flat that used an old style fused breaker. Fun times trying to replace a fuse when it had blown…
    
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  - x4740N@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Didn’t the uk used to have appliances without plugs that you’d need to wire yourself If inrecalling that Tom Scott video correctly
    
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    Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yes. I believe that’s true but I’ve never done it myself.
    
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lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
sloppy wording, i meant “switched sockets and fused plugs”.

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