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International plugs and sockets

Chris Pearson
As we leave the EU, with all its standardization, I am bound to wonder why plugs and sockets have not been subject to this process. It isn't even that we have our funny square pins and the rest have round ones. Type C (2 pin) is common, but earthed plugs are mostly type E or F. IEC site.


Oh well, too late now!
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    I'm not decrying BS 1363, but it's worth remembering the following:


    (a) The design leads to a rather heavy, clunky plug, which has a habit of falling "pins up", and I'm sure others have had the "treading on Lego" experience with one. Still, that's why slippers were invented!


    (b) The reason it leads to a clunky design is that the plug has a fuse, which gets warm in use, and the heat needs to be dealt with (end of physics lesson).


    (c) We can't do away with the fuse whilst we still retain ring final circuits.


    (d) So, perhaps we keep BS 1363 in its current form for the time being. Go back to (a) and start again
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    I'm not decrying BS 1363, but it's worth remembering the following:


    (a) The design leads to a rather heavy, clunky plug, which has a habit of falling "pins up", and I'm sure others have had the "treading on Lego" experience with one. Still, that's why slippers were invented!


    (b) The reason it leads to a clunky design is that the plug has a fuse, which gets warm in use, and the heat needs to be dealt with (end of physics lesson).


    (c) We can't do away with the fuse whilst we still retain ring final circuits.


    (d) So, perhaps we keep BS 1363 in its current form for the time being. Go back to (a) and start again
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