On Friday, November 9, 2012 8:20:01 PM UTC, bert wrote:
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meow2222 writes

Fusing on the neutral pole was banned here eons ago.
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Fusing the neutral must be one of the most brainless ideas ever.

IIUC it was done because the neutral supply line couldnt be counted on to not be live. It would have made more sense, back when it was done, to use 2 different fuse values for each L/N pair, eg 15A and 20A, to help ensure that under normal polarity conditions it was the live that fused.


NT