1 Aug
2001
1 Aug
'01
1:51 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Does this mean you can have the rediculous situation of a piece of 3A
mains cable (say for a table lamp) being protected by the 20A fuse in the
fuse box? Ouch!
Everything in the U.S. is wired that way. Central circuit
breakers/fuses and anything plugged in to the circuit beyond that.
That's why they started making Xmas tree lights with fuses in the
plugs. Imagine shorting out a string of lights with a 20A breaker
feeding the circuit.
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Doug Carman
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