El Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:11:06 +0000 Matt Emson <memsom at interalpha.co.uk> escribi?: > > I find US and European outlets scary as heck, because they usually > have no on/off switch. It's fairly rare to find an outlet int he UK > without a on/off switch. Maybe that's because your huge plug it's too difficult to unplug we just unplug them ;-) > The fuse will blow before the fuse in the fusebox at the mains > dispatch board, so yeah, it does protect the device. Only if the device is less valuable than the fuse, otherwise the device will blow up stealthily protecting the fuse :-D > This is ignoring > any internal fuses that might exist in the device to protect US and > European users ;-) We in the continent are well protected by these gizmos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_breaker much more effective than a fuse and a plug dimensioned to power a small factory ;-) Bye -- Luca
