On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:27:52 +0100,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

No, I just bolted it into place and attched the clamps onto the
terminals.

I looks as it might be a fixed-temp thermostat.

It just *might* be a "crowbar": normally open, but if the resistors get above
250° C, it goes closed-circuit, so shorts live to neutral. If wired in behind
some local fuse, this guarantees that the fuse blows immediately, certainly, and
Right Now.

I've spent several hours and ‚¬25 on this, which is disappointing, but I
haven't had an electric shock or microwaved myself, which makes up for
it, a bit.

Not a bad plan. Not the 25‚¬ part, obv.


Thomas Prufer