Patrick Dixon Wrote: > Actually, the fuse is there to prevent death and injury - either from > the direct effects of electricity, or from a resulting fire.
Technically fuses are there to protect the cable, not the electric item (though it does that too). Indirectly this can prevent fires by preventing the cables from overheating, but they are absolutely NOT there to prevent electric shocks, as the current needed to kill you is in the order of 100 times smaller than a typical household appliance is fused for.... -- Khuli http://www.last.fm/user/khuli ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Khuli's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=851 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18491 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
