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Skriven 2006-12-22 06:37:00 av Dave Sacerdote
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: HOW TO GET A FR61222
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DS> I don't see that as any real protection.  A switch is easily
DS> flipped by a toddler playing.  To me, such a switch would only be a
DS> nuisance. 

GJ> The main advantage is that appliances - toasters, rice cookers,
GJ> fridges, TVs, radios, radiators, computers, etc - can be left plugged
GJ> in, and only switched on when needed.  While they are plugged in, of
GJ> course toddlers cannot insert anything into the live holes.

Are you kidding?  Australian refrigerators don't have thermostats?
You need to unplug them to stop the cooling cycle?  If not, when
do you switch them off?  When you go to bed at night because you
don't need a cold beer at 4 am?

Your toasters have current going to the elements ALL THE TIME?  Here
in the US, we have technology called "built-in switches" that only
supply current to the toasting elements when a lever is depressed.
Amazingly enough, the same lever MOVES THE BREAD into toasting 
position!  So we don't have to unplug those when we're not
actually making toast.

It's pretty much the same way with everything here, Greg.  Our
amazing appliance technology allows us to unplug items whenever
it is convenient for us, rather than at the end of every single
usage cycle.  And therefore, we don't need to have every outlet
switched.



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