On 2026-07-11 02:43, Tim wrote:
On Fri, 2026-07-10 at 14:29 -0400, Frank Bures wrote:
I vaguely remember that in the UK they would sell you an appliance with no
power plug on it, just a power cable with three wires protruding. You were
supposed to get the plug yourself and have it attached. I never understood
the logic behind this. Is it still on?
I don't think it is any more. The reason behind that, long ago, was
there was more than one type of power plug in use across the country.
Which sockets your house had depended on where you were.
As far as I know they use the same plug across the island these days,
though theatre lighting can be an exception. That's almost world-wide,
it stops someone plugging ordinary appliances into the lighting grid.
Sometimes that's done in households, too. You might find a wall socket
with a round earth pin instead of flat one, it's meant for some kind of
lighting (floor stand, table lamp, etc) that will be controlled by a
light switch somewhere in the room. Also, they'll have used thinner
wiring leading to it that cannot supply the full load of a general
purpose outlet, that's another reason to make it hard to plug something
else into the socket.
Thanks, Barry and Tim, for explanation.
Cheers
Frank
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