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Connectors - and ring mains
On 10/04/2021 12:06, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Max Demian wrote: I would have thought it would be better to have fused sockets, then there wouldn't be the chance of overload with multiple appliances plugged into the socket with an unfused adapter. How would the socket know which fuse to fit? Never noticed some appliances come with a 5 amp fuse in the plug? Fuses mostly only protect against a dead short. To protect the appliance, e.g. a PSU, you need a fuse on the output or a thermal cutout. -- Max Demian |
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