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

• Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yea I know, I said that.

  People still call them fuse boxes though.

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  • silasmariner@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I am not sure if I mispoke or misread. Apologies for implying ignorance, I just wanted to dump my mind

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• ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • silasmariner@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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)

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