Derek: Thanks for the tip. Rgds, Lou Lou Aiken, LaMer LLC 27109 Palmetto Drive Orange Beach, AL 36561 USA
tel ++ 1 251 981 6786 fax ++ 1 251 981 3054 ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:56 PM Subject: Re: British fused plugs - In a message dated 9/23/02 4:47:15 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: The shutters stay closed whenever the socket has no plug present to prevent contact with the L or N pins. I suppose this additional protection is considered necessary for children in the UK. Not Additional protection, essential protection.... A number of plugs now have a sleeve on the live and neutral pins that stop even inadvertant contact during the insertion process. Something I do frequently with US plugs... I have changed all my 230 volt US connectors in my home for English ones. They are just safer. Cheers, Derek.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Derek: Thanks for the tip. Rgds, Lou</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Lou Aiken, LaMer LLC <BR>27109 Palmetto Drive<BR>Orange Beach, AL<BR>36561 USA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>tel ++ 1 251 981 6786<BR>fax ++ 1 251 981 3054</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:[email protected]"; [email protected]>[email protected]</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:[email protected]"; [email protected]>[email protected]</A> ; <A href="mailto:[email protected]"; [email protected]>[email protected]</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A href="mailto:[email protected]"; [email protected]>[email protected]</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 23, 2002 8:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: British fused plugs - </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT color=#400080 face="Comic Sans MS" lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT">In a message dated 9/23/02 4:47:15 PM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">The shutters stay closed whenever the socket has no plug present to<BR>prevent contact with the L or N pins. I suppose this additional protection<BR>is considered necessary for children in the UK.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT color=#400080 face="Comic Sans MS" lang=0 size=2 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" FAMILY="SCRIPT"><BR>Not Additional protection, essential protection.... A number of plugs now have a sleeve on the live and neutral pins that stop even inadvertant contact during the insertion process. Something I do frequently with US plugs... I have changed all my 230 volt US connectors in my home for English ones. They are just safer.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Derek.</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
