Re: Rigger's Diary

Petert wrote:
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:30:32 +0200, J G Miller <miller@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:17:24 +0100, Charles wrote:

> 15A is still in use but is being replaced by the 16A CEEform - again
> unfused for the reason you state.

Does anybody happen to remember and know what happened to the proposal
numerous years ago of replacing all the plugs in Europe, both the
13A rectangular pin fused plugs in use in UKofGB&NI and Ireland, and
the 15A round pin plugs on the mainland, with a new IEEE (?) 15A (or
was it 16A?) rectangular blade compact rectangular unfused plug
(perhaps similar in appearance to the current Swiss design)?

Aren't the UK style sockets and plug tops used somewhere in the far
east? Not Hong Kong, but somewhere like Malaya?

From the actually quite good (for wakypedia) article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS_1363

"The BS 1363 design is not only in use in the United Kingdom and Ireland, but also in Sri Lanka, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Yemen, Oman, Cyprus, Malta, Gibraltar, Botswana, Ghana, Hong Kong, Macau, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Iraq, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. BS 1363 is also standard in several of the former British Caribbean colonies such as Belize, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada. It is also used in Saudi Arabia in 230v installations although 110V installations using the NEMA connector are more common."

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Cheers,

John.

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