Hi Mal,

On 10 Oct 2011, at 02:25, mal hamilton wrote:
In the UK the switch is always in the LIVE (hot) wire and NEUTRAL direct to the 
appliance except it happens to be a double switch.

'Is', but not always 'was' ;-)
There used to be 'live chassis' radios and TVs with the single-pole mains 
on/off switch between the chassis and the neutral lead. Turn it off and the 
chassis would be genuinely live ...


73,
Chris G4OKW
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