I was trying for an analogy that a person who doesn't understand that hight current + high resistance = lots of heat..
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I was trying for an analogy that a person who doesn't understand that hight current + high resistance = lots of heat..
Except that the fuse and the cable probably cannot cope with the extra load. Otherwise its perfect
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The job he thinks doesn't look too bad is replacing the 30A fuse with a higher rated MCB, and replacing the cable:
Except that the fuse and the cable probably cannot cope with the extra load. Otherwise its perfect
see above, I was trying for an analogy that a non-electrical minded person might understand..
I understand automotive electrics.Did`nt quite appreciate the amount of heat that could be generated by such a high wattage consumer item.I feel I understood what caused the problem and am now able to resolve it.(after some help from you)
What happens if you drop a spanner across the terminals of your regular lead acid car battery, which is only 12V?
that's not the same as a high resistance connection.. it's a high current dead short, same as the welder...
closest thing in a car would be the.... cigarette lighter maybe?
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...loose connection on a highly loaded circuit?
Indeed, but if we look at more of what he wrote:that's not the same as a high resistance connection.. it's a high current dead short, same as the welder...
I was wondering if he didn't quite get the heating effect of current at all...
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