Comment on Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 5 days agoThe 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.
Wanderer@lemm.ee 5 days 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.
silasmariner@programming.dev 5 days ago
No fuses in the switch box though, it’s a box of circuits breakers
ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 4 days 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…
silasmariner@programming.dev 4 days ago
Lol yeah can only imagine what playing ‘hunt the bad device’ would’ve been like back when those boxes had actual fuses on them. (That’s the game where the main circuit breaker gets tripped and you have to figure out first what ring it’s on, and then which specific item is tripping it)
Wanderer@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Yea I know, I said that.
People still call them fuse boxes though.
x4740N@lemm.ee 4 days 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
Wanderer@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Yes. I believe that’s true but I’ve never done it myself.