Timeline for Electrical compatibility between different countries
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| Dec 8, 2015 at 18:11 | comment | added | Peter Green | I would also note that it is rare to see three phase in a UK household. | |
| Dec 8, 2015 at 18:09 | comment | added | Peter Green | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo is right about british socket circuits being typicallly protected at 32A which is unusually high compared to most placed and the reason for the use of fused plugs. He is wrong about there being only one circuit in a typical household. | |
| Sep 8, 2012 at 7:03 | comment | added | Rory Alsop♦ | you just need to read the section on Consumer supply, metering and distribution | |
| Sep 7, 2012 at 16:26 | comment | added | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo | @RoryAlsop: That may be the case in some newer installations. Or is the entire Wikipedia article on "Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom" incorrect? | |
| Sep 7, 2012 at 16:15 | comment | added | Rory Alsop♦ | you are mistaken. in the UK we use multiple circuits fused at various currents, so the circuit would trip or fuse. | |
| Sep 7, 2012 at 11:04 | comment | added | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo | @RoryAlsop: I edited my answer to explain the reason for the plug fuse in more detail. | |
| Sep 7, 2012 at 11:03 | history | edited | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 6, 2012 at 18:08 | comment | added | Rory Alsop♦ | While UK regs require appliances to be fused, this does not mean that your unfused appliance from India will become a higher risk in the UK - it's just we have a culture of aversion to risks, so have multiple layers of defence :-/ | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 17:40 | history | answered | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |