They're like that in this apartment we're renting and I keep seeing them elsewhere. I don't get it.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Why are people saying this?

I've lived in multiple UK houses and never once seen a socket with a fuse. Are you saying this was change way way back in the day?

All houses have fuse boxes (which then got upgraded to circuit breakers). Not one fuses in sockets. Would be a fucking nightmare to take the socket off and change a fuse.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    The fuse is actually in the UK plug (the big brick-like thing with the wire on it), not the socket. But yes, it's a thing, and most of the rest of the world considers it overkill. Also a lot of cheap junky equipment (ironically the stuff where you'd most want the fuse) omits the fuse in the plug, go figure.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (7 children)

    Yea I know, I've wired a plug.

    Never seen a fuse in a socket though. That comment is completely wrong and yet it's the most up voted reply.

    Never seen a house without a fuse box either.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    No fuses in the switch box though, it's a box of circuits breakers

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The used to be - I had a flat that used an old style fused breaker. Fun times trying to replace a fuse when it had blown...

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Lol yeah can only imagine what playing 'hunt the bad device' would've been like back when those boxes had actual fuses on them. (That's the game where the main circuit breaker gets tripped and you have to figure out first what ring it's on, and then which specific item is tripping it)

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