On 5 Jun 2010 at 23:59, Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
If I had a quid for every time I have seen something
that really only
needed a 1A fuse fitted with a 13A, I'd be very weathy by now :)
So, why didn't the UK go for a solution where fuses of different
ratings were of a different physical size? That would make it
impossible to use the wrong-sized fuse.
In any case, it's probably safer than a penny under a (Edison-base)
fuse...
--Chuck