Re: Motorola 3400 problems, could this be the answer?

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From: Peter McDermott
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 00:00

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In article <k$ED+XAeVCR0EwnJ@spacetime.demon.co.uk>,
Chris Lawrence <news@spacetime.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>>- I buy a new table lamp.
>>- This lamp plugs into all the sockets in my house.
>>- I have several new sockets installed in my house.
>>- The lamp won't plug into them.
>>- Careful measurement shows that the pins on the plug are larger than the
>>  British Standard permits, *but* the holes on my old sockets are slightly
>>  too large as well.
>>
>>Who is at fault ? Do I take the lamp back to Woolworths or the sockets back
>>to B&Q ?
>
>You get a refund on anything which is out of spec - in this case, the
>plug and the socket.  The purpose of the spec is to avoid this
>situation.

Re-read the post. The socket isn't out of spec. It was simply
that the previous socket allowed the use of out of spec plugs
and the new one doesnt.

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From: news@petermc.demon.co.uk (Peter McDermott)
Subject: Re: Motorola 3400 problems, could this be the answer?
Date: 1997/10/16
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