On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7:40:40 PM UTC-6, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:16:47 -0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

Aren't the outlets also protected at 10a?

No, but the plug itself on each appliance has a fuse from 1A to 13A depending on the appliance.

That is actually not a bad idea.

I've had some appliances and equipment that had a fuse in the 120vac plug. I imagine it was less expensive than a separate fuse holder in the housing of the item. ヽ(ヅ)ノ

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