Standard British Electrical Plug - MM - 2021/29 (73_00025)
Macro Mondays - Safety - 01 Feb 2021.
The obvious safety feature is the fuse, but according to Wikipedia, there are several misconceptions about the reason for the fuse. Apparently the fuse is in the plug to protect the flexible cord between the plug and appliance under fault conditions, not as generally thought, protecting the appliance connected to the plug and protecting against overloading.
The humble plug has several other safety features as mentioned in the Wikipedia reference below:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets:_British... .
26 mm of macro tube.
Standard British Electrical Plug - MM - 2021/29 (73_00025)
Macro Mondays - Safety - 01 Feb 2021.
The obvious safety feature is the fuse, but according to Wikipedia, there are several misconceptions about the reason for the fuse. Apparently the fuse is in the plug to protect the flexible cord between the plug and appliance under fault conditions, not as generally thought, protecting the appliance connected to the plug and protecting against overloading.
The humble plug has several other safety features as mentioned in the Wikipedia reference below:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets:_British... .
26 mm of macro tube.