On 11/12/2010 3:36 PM The Daring Dufas spake thus:

A lot of test equipment I've worked on has a socket, switch and fuse
like this:

http://homanndesigns.com/store/images/iec_power.jpg

The circuit breaker in the electrical panel protects the building
wiring not the equipment. The fuse in the power connector protects
the piece of equipment.

Heh; don't they say that in some electronic equipment a $5 transistor is
used to protect a 10-cent fuse?


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