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Cuz it's too expensive to supply and ship?

Keep in mind that you're talking about manufacturers that will omit a 5-cent resistor if it helps them get a 100-percent markup in the final price.

I've seen the set you picture at Radio Shack here in the USA.

It includes one BS-1363, one Nema 1-15, one Europlug and one Australian plug.

Fairly expensive...I think I saw it for $13 plus taxes.

Now...I wonder what the BS-1363 adapter-plug is fused with?

If they're smart, they would have given you a 3-amp, a 5-amp and a 13 amp fuse depending on what you're using.

But I betcha it's probably equipped with a 13-amp fuse!

One advantage of this is that I can take the American adapter-plug, stick it directly into the back of my radio/cassette-recorder (figure-eight socket) and stick the whole thing directly into a wall socket. Presto. Wall-mounted sound system!!