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MrCheerful wrote:
That of course offers no protection against the leads wearing through and shorting.

my old style battery charger has an overload thermal manual reset
switch, modern ones just shut down electronically (if the leads short
together)

which of course offers no protection against the leads wearing through
and shorting.


NT



Yes, they do, if the leads short the unit stops powering those leads.

Mr Purr has invented the situation where you connect a charger with a
short between the output leads to a charged battery, ignoring any sparks,
and waiting patiently until things melt and start a fire.

Being totally obsessed with fuses, he probably thinks the crock clips
should contain one. Despite the billions in use safely without.

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