No no no.
So not within appliances then.
I am going to have to insist that you provide proof of that assertion.
I am going to have to insist that you provide proof of that assertion.
He was.
With respect, you're either being silly or not reading what I write. Of course I would not be able to use 'low-rated' plug fuses if they didn't exist (either because they weren't manufactured or because I lived somewhere that did not use plug fuses at all). As I said, I do live in a country which uses plug fuses, but I would not use anything other than 13A ones if I did not think that there was a potential benefit to be had by using lower-rated ones.
Everything, I would have said. You said that the issue of plug fuses only arose because of ring finals. In response, I suggested that unfused plugs on a 32A radial probably would not be regarded as acceptable.
If neither of us can think of a positive downside, but I (but not you) think that there is conceivably a positive upside, can you not understand why I feel that one might as well do it (given that it essentially comes with no cost).
It may well have been considered 'impractical' in countries which do not have fused plugs, since it would presumably require the installation of multiple 3A circuits, and probably the invention of some new plug/socket to prevent things being plugged into the wrong socket.
I have repeatedly explained what 'potential positive upside' that I see. In the absence of downsides, a 'potential upside' (even if only slight) swings the balance in favour of that approach. It may conceivable occasionally do good, and the 'worst' that can happen is that it provides no benefit.
No? Would you be happy with a fuse than had a built-in 10 minute time delay (at any current)? It's not just the magnitude of a current that matters in terms of damage, fires, etc., but also the duration of that current - in other words the 'let-through energy'.
If the flex from the plug had acceptable fault protection from the 32A circuit device, what would make an unfused plug unacceptable?
Would it provide adequate fault protection?
Don't you understand that that was the very point I was making - to try to get winston to understand that limiting the let-through energy is a crucial aspect of the functioning of a fuse?
You know the answer to that as well as I do. You also surely understand that it was simply an extreme example to try to get winston to understand that 't' is important as well as "I" - but not only in relation to disconnection times in the case of a fault, but also in terms of the amount of damage done by an overload prior to the device operating.
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