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....


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