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Old 25th Oct 2014, 5:30 pm   #9
Skywave
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Default Re: Wiring The Mains Plug-A Forgotten Art?

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Originally Posted by AC/HL View Post
A high proportion never did know - and still don't want to.
Quite: not knowing is forgivable; not wanting to know isn't.

Outside of our circle, a lot of people have a healthy built-in fear of anything electrical which involves the mains supply. But to use that fear as a justification for not bothering to make the effort to learn the very basics - such as how to wire a 13-amp plug correctly; why it needs to be wired a certain way; what rating of fuse to fit, etc. is simply inexcusable - after all, those basics are not exactly rocket science!

Al.
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