securespark said:
I just grabbed a 2-way adapter and thought 'maybe they all have fuses and I hadn't noticed', but it didn't, so I then thought 'maybe it's inside!'. Feeling a bit silly, as it's the first time I've ever opened one of these up as far as I can remember, I discovered no fuse inside (surprise, surprise). So what safeguards it is the orange sticker on it that says 'Max Load 13Amp'.
Actually, I was speaking to an engineer at the IEE today and I mentioned this issue with overloading spurs and he mumbled an admission that rings 'n' spurs have their compromises...
Ultimately, perhaps it's good ol' British over-engineering that keeps (most of) us safe. Interesting stuff, eh chaps?
