Path: ...!news.nobody.at!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: British (european?) kitchen counter electric outlets Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 17:38:51 +0100 Organization: Poppy Records Lines: 22 Message-ID: <1quwbd8.u3ur3s1hdsf7kN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> References: X-Trace: individual.net Syy2Wp1Pa8wt6heeioDgjw8Mm2AmnQIt1Z7ON++eNT1tNvX5II X-Orig-Path: liz Cancel-Lock: sha1:Wu+yI23Ogsk7Jg9hXEfTkN7Czm0= sha256:QiZy8hjtpNBG16mQYLNnUt3gaGvrrbM+i2mTRifP+pU= User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.4.6 Bytes: 1624 Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote: >... But we > are talking of an era before rectangular plugs back when they were round > pin. BS546 round pin was the more recent and before that Wylex which was > -o- a regional abberration in the region where I grew up. Wylex was a brilliant and economical system which combined all the best features of a ring main, a spur system and stackable fused plugs to avoid multiple power points or proliferated adaptors. It is a pity it wasn't adopted as a British Standard instead of the clumsy system we now have. The different-width pin system, which prevented overloading low-current circuits, has continued to be used in the fuse carriers of Wylex consumer units until very recently. -- ~ Liz Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk