They’re like that in this apartment we’re renting and I keep seeing them elsewhere. I don’t get it.

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    Why are people saying this?

    I’ve lived in multiple UK houses and never once seen a socket with a fuse. Are you saying this was change way way back in the day?

    All houses have fuse boxes (which then got upgraded to circuit breakers). Not one fuses in sockets. Would be a fucking nightmare to take the socket off and change a fuse.

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      4 days ago

      The 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 fuse) omits the fuse in the plug, go figure.

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        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.

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      64 days ago

      sloppy wording, i meant “switched sockets and fused plugs”.