Re: British (european?) kitchen counter electric outlets

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.


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