Re: British Line and Netural Conventions?

John Larkin wrote:

On Fri, 18 May 2007 09:31:15 GMT, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

Adrian Tuddenham wrote:

The curent-carrying pins are sleeved along most of their length and are
only exposed at the tips. This means that no part of a live pin is
exposed as tha plug is being withdrawn and the circuit is broken by the
time the unsleeved parts become visible.

Yes, in "Nanny States", but not in the real world.

It's called good design.

I appreciate that you idiot Yanks don't understand such things.


Not many people die of electrocution, fewer still from 120, and I'd
guess approximately none from contacting partially-inserted plugs.
With effort, you might manage a tingle, but nothing dangerous and
certainly nothing you'd seize up on. Chewing on cords is more
dangerous, but that's mostly dogs and cats; I'd imagine that 240 is
many times more dangerous than 120 in that regard, and GFD might not
help there.

The greatest advancement in electrical safety lately has been the
fiberglass ladder.

But Edison, Westinghouse, Tesla, and Steinmetz pretty much invented
electric power here, so your "idiot Yanks" comment is just your usual
jingoist crap. I guess everybody has to contrive a way to feel good
about themselves.


An impossible task for a flea bittern donkey. :(

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prove it.
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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
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