lozarus
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I have ----ed a theory around in my head, that this sort of thing is kind of a side effect of good intentions / regulated de-skilling. Stay with me on this -
So even as recently when I was young, appliances came without plugs. As such I was eventually taught to wore a plug and along with this given a loose guide on which fuse to select from the tobacco tin in the shed and why.
However, in an effort to eliminate the dangers of poorly wired plugs, plugs now come moulded. This means fuses are only seen if one fails (which for many consumers and items is quite rare) rather than being introduced to the user to actually make an appliance work - each time they buy an appliance, from heaters to lamps.
So because fuses are interacted with less and less due to plugs arriving pre-fitted, it's understandable that as time goes on, your average public member won't have any reason to understand the fuse. But if you have to install it yourself - you should understand.
Now of course there's holes in my theory. I mean I've seen countless poorly wired plugs fitted in the 60's/70's/80's, or items from the same era with the incorrect fuse fitted - but I do feel that by having a consumer install their own plug, there is a need for the education and thus people perhaps have a slightly greater chance of having to understand basic consumer electrical theory.
So even as recently when I was young, appliances came without plugs. As such I was eventually taught to wore a plug and along with this given a loose guide on which fuse to select from the tobacco tin in the shed and why.
However, in an effort to eliminate the dangers of poorly wired plugs, plugs now come moulded. This means fuses are only seen if one fails (which for many consumers and items is quite rare) rather than being introduced to the user to actually make an appliance work - each time they buy an appliance, from heaters to lamps.
So because fuses are interacted with less and less due to plugs arriving pre-fitted, it's understandable that as time goes on, your average public member won't have any reason to understand the fuse. But if you have to install it yourself - you should understand.
Now of course there's holes in my theory. I mean I've seen countless poorly wired plugs fitted in the 60's/70's/80's, or items from the same era with the incorrect fuse fitted - but I do feel that by having a consumer install their own plug, there is a need for the education and thus people perhaps have a slightly greater chance of having to understand basic consumer electrical theory.