£22+vat = £26.40, so it's £17.40 saved per reel. If you pa y any attention to product design you'll realise that the relative cheapnes s of today's goods is partly down to many such economising measures. Spendi ng money pointlessly is not a positive move.
that and the ability of the average practical householder to add new sockets were the main drivers at the time. Safety was also a consideration. The safety upside is maybe more significant today.
not really, but it's a plus.
Rings turn a high resistance connection fault from a fire into a nonevent. That's their prime plus point.
that and the ability of the average practical householder to add new sockets were the main drivers at the time. Safety was also a consideration. The safety upside is maybe more significant today.
not really, but it's a plus.
Rings turn a high resistance connection fault from a fire into a nonevent. That's their prime plus point.
Nige : "Ambulance and quick, I am in so much pain!"
999 Emergency : "What is the nature of your problem?"
Nige : "I was looking for something in my loft, balancing on a joist, and put my hand on a pipe to steady myself. Anyway it turns out some tightwad wired my lights in bell wire, and I must have stood on the cable and broke it. All of a sudden there was a bang, and I got a massive shock, my trousers caught fire, and my bollocks exploded!"
999 Emergency : "OK keep calm, we have completed the triage process and can confirm that there is nothing to worry about. Since you are obviously not dead your injury is classed as statistically unreliable and probably not genuine. So we will not dispatch an ambulance at this time."
999 Emergency : "If the problem worsens, say for example the fire in your trousers were to spread to the structure of your house, then please call 999 again and ask for the fire service. Thank you for calling 999, and have a nice day. ".
They do, every join makes a circuit less reliable.
A ring with one socket may be more reliable than a star with one socket but that's about it.
The biggest problem with rings is latent faults, they continue to operate even when the ring is broken but the user can't tell its faulty. Then you have two radials protected by a 32A breaker which is not allowed as its dangerous.
If you have a fault in a radial then something won't work and the user will probably notice and get it fixed.
There are probably hundred if not thousands of broken rings out there.
I have one here but I fused it as a radial to make it safe. The fault is in a wall and I can't be bothered to replace the cable ATM.
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