qOn Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:17:23 +1000, "Phil Allison"
wrote:


My information was that the testing required for agency approval did not
include operating with a fuse that dissipated several watts of heat.

The failure mode was not unsafe - just damn stupid.
.... Phil.


That is true that the approvals testing is absolutely only for the
electrical safety of the device. No consideration is made of the
suitability or whether it does what it claims. But so long as it does
not burn the environment, or allow little fingers to probe into live
parts, then that is all that is being tested.

peter