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Default Fuses (not a serious question)

Scott wrote:
On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:35:25 -0000, "Brian Gaff \(Sofa 2\)"
wrote:

I'd try it and see.
Is it one of those filled with what looks like talc?
Brian


I don't know what's inside it and to find out would destroy the fuse.

Also, what if it appears to work? Could it not then let through far
more than the rated current?

Hardly, the resistance of the wire inside it will be a fraction of an
ohm, the resistance of the 'damp sand' (or whatever) will be tens if
not hundreds of ohms. Water isn't a very good conductor, distilled
water is almost an insulator, it's mostly down to dissolved impurities
that water conducts at all.

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