Flying Squid@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhy do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageWhy do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoYea 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. Never seen a house without a fuse box either.
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoNo fuses in the switch box though, it’s a box of circuits breakers
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYea I know, I said that. People still call them fuse boxes though.
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI am not sure if I mispoke or misread. Apologies for implying ignorance, I just wanted to dump my mind
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.
Never seen a house without a fuse box either.
No fuses in the switch box though, it’s a box of circuits breakers
Yea I know, I said that.
People still call them fuse boxes though.
I am not sure if I mispoke or misread. Apologies for implying ignorance, I just wanted to dump my mind