Flying Squid to No Stupid [email protected] • 5 days agoWhy do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?lemmy.worldmessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up1344file-text
arrow-up1344imageWhy do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?lemmy.worldFlying Squid to No Stupid [email protected] • 5 days agomessage-square191fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-24 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 days agoDidn’t the uk used to have appliances without plugs that you’d need to wire yourself If inrecalling that Tom Scott video correctly
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 days agoYes. I believe that’s true but I’ve never done it myself.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 days agoNo fuses in the switch box though, it’s a box of circuits breakers
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 days agoYea I know, I said that. People still call them fuse boxes though.
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.
Didn’t the uk used to have appliances without plugs that you’d need to wire yourself If inrecalling that Tom Scott video correctly
Yes. I believe that’s true but I’ve never done it myself.
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.