Fan has two pin plug

[EFLImpudence]

Unfused spur -

 

[robinbanks]

We ourselves can encounter problems when discussing the words "Live", "Spur" and "Ringmain" even with fellow Electricians.

"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name" - Confucius

 

[FrodoOne]

"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name" - Confucius

The name "Confucius" is a Latinized form of the Mandarin Chinese Kǒng Fūzǐ (孔夫子, "Master Kong"), and was coined in the late 16th century by early Jesuit missionaries to China.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius )

 

[Munroast]

were you able to write that chinese script by yourself - or was it a copy from Ai

 

[Taylortwocities]

were you able to write that chinese script by yourself - or was it a copy from Ai

Direct paste from Wikipedia. Frodo included the link for you to look at.

 

[ebee]

I sometimes think that it's a lot less than half here.

Agreed LOL

 

[morqthana]

Last night, I was watching an old Doc Martin, where a 'too clever' school boy was doing work experience with the Doc. The lad misused 'Stat', which he intended to mean 'immediately'.

The "too clever" schoolboy was right. i.e. the "too clever" scriptwriters were.

List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Stat was suggested to be short for statin - the Latin for to keep still, calm down. The error wasn't corrected.

There is no Latin word "statin". Our -statin drugs are named from the Latin 'stare', meaning to stand still. Specifically from 'statum' which is a perfect passive participle. (No, me neither).

sto, stas, stare A, steti, statum - Latin is Simple Online Dictionary

Find stare (Verb) in the Latin Online Dictionary with English meanings, all fabulous forms & inflections and a conjugation table: sto, stas, stat, stamus, statis, stant

www.latin-is-simple.com

 

[Ragnar_AT]

Germany and italy have unpolarised plugs with an earth connection.

French plugs are physically polarised, but my understanding is that in practice the countries that use them are not consistent on polarity.

Most plugs are considered double insulated, or so I‘ve been told. Some are only suitable for supplying power to double-insulated appliances while others may also supply earthed appliances.

And yes, there are several non-polarised earthed plugs in the world. Belgian ones are used in a number of countries, which have conflicting requirements for the position of L and N.