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Cake day: June 24th, 2023

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  • As a Brit, I’m guessing their issues with earthing is that we make everything earthed and fused, even when it’s not needed on a device, but the longer prong that is the earth post on our 3-pin plugs is a security feature of our plug/socket and makes any item that requires earthing to be earthed before it is even powered.

    Couldn’t say why they have issues with ring mains though. It became the norm in a post-war Britain when copper was still scarce.