you’re not missing anything, it’s an unhinged tradeoff that you do because you need to conserve copper for brass casings because nazis are in calais, there’s zero reason to do this today. apparently it’s still allowed in uk for some unthinkable reason but i haven’t heard of it anywhere else. yes, single fuse *per ring is used, rated at double what it would be in star/radial circuit

you don’t even need a fault, sufficient asymmetry in ring geometry or load distribution already will cause this problem

yeah that’s what separate fuses for separate branches of circuit are for, all in one central box because where else are these supposed to be. if your lamp is wired with 6A-rated wire then that branch should be fused with 6A fuse, which on its own is unhinged because usually much thicker wires are used anyway

more like papers over poor design informed by ww2 shortages

uk fuse in fuse box can’t be sized properly because old uk installations used ring circuits in order to save copper during ww2 shortages, everybody else has this problem sorted out by now (initially by using aluminum wiring, or waiting for more copper). modern wiring is arranged in star-type topology with a few outlets per leg, and it can be fused properly, but the far out parts of circuit don’t transmit power at all times which is why it was looked down upon during shortages

example would be 16A circuit that has 5-10 16A outlets, has wires suitable to carry 16A and 16A fuse. it’s okay because you’re not expected to draw full power at all outlets at the same time, and most of the time much less than that. if you do and you know it in advance you’re expected to split it over more circuits, or make it bigger. uk ring circuit would have wires that carry only 8A in each direction, and fused 16A. it can fail in a way where one side disconnects, but the other side becomes overloaded. plug fuses are for protection of these shitty circuits from shortcircuit in appliance

that’s why you put fuses in central fuse box, not in the plug. appliances should be designed in such a way that it shouldn’t be a problem. nobody else does this because it’s not necessary if your installation is sanely built

this chronically underfunded school in red state is infested with giant termites

and they were fjordmates

you’re using up enough paracetamol to kill a horse small herd of horses before it goes bad?

i don’t think there are limits on paracetamol, but there are limits on codeine and such, you need ID for that. it’s just that nobody needs this in these amounts

i’m starting to think there’s something wrong with healthcare out there!

americans you have paracetamol pills packed 100 per box? biggest common box out there is 50, and usual 20 per

yet another thing to blame Blavatsky for

nazi bar basher - left

right bc that’s nonsense

or whatever it is, ideologically

linguistic descriptivism (left)

green and anti-techbroist: left

also you have spy satellite sized blindspot