[Amps] AC wiring

[m.ford]

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Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] AC wiring


> On 22 Oct 2005 at 15:17, m.ford wrote:
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>>     Plug fuses were perfectly safe. They were also handy beacause the
>> base thread is the same as a light bulb. You could screw a bulb in
>> place of the fuse (current limiter?) 
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> Yes.   A very handy (indicating) way of testing the circuit for 
> shorts!
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>> or a fuse in place of a bulb.
> 
> Less handy.  Maybe lots of light, but short duration!  #8-)
>
In this mode they are useful for safely testing modern circuit breakers.
Mike k1ern
 
> 73,
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> George T. Daughters, K6GT
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