The fuse is in the plug itself. It goes with the cable. That’s the point of it! 🤣 It lets you down rate your cables from the breaker rating.
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cynar@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the best Power Outlet, and why?English11·2 days agoThe fuses aren’t to protect the circuit, they protect the end and intermediate devices. The breakers protect the actual circuit.
E.g. you’ve got a thin flex for a low power lamp. You don’t have to worry about a short allowing 40A to flow down a 2A cable.
cynar@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the best Power Outlet, and why?English71·2 days agoFuses mean protection is localised. If the socket is good for 13A, but the cable is only safe to 5A, you can fuse at 3A or 5A, and know it’s safe.
This is partially useful for extension leads. We don’t have to worry about overloading a multiway extension. If we do, it will pop a 10p fuse, rather than cause a house fire.
cynar@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the best Power Outlet, and why?English3510·2 days agoFor safety, the BS1363 (UK, type G) is by far the best.
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It’s fused. (Seriously why the hell aren’t all plugs fused!)
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Live and neutral can’t be reversed.
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Holes are gated (so no kids sticking spoons in).
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High capacity, 240V at 13A gives 3kW of power.
It’s only real downside is its size.
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cynar@lemmy.worldto Bluesky@lemmy.world•Visa/Mastercard told two major game distribution services to remove certain games, because a religious organization pressured them. Gamers are pissed.English43·4 days agoFor maximum disruption, phone, then email. If they don’t respond in a timely manner (or it’s boilerplate bs), another phone call to “clarify” things.
Just remember, the grunts on the phone aren’t your enemy. Your goal is to maximise the amount of time you swallow, not to upset them. They could often be allies in hiding.
We don’t have to truly break them. We just have to be more annoying than the religious nutjobs.
cynar@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Scotland streets fill with protestors as Trump arrives to play golfEnglish9·4 days agoThese can get an impressive range to a water balloon. Reduce the mass with an egg and 1/2 mile is likely (just) within range.
I would say stink bombs are even lighter, but I doubt Trump can even smell them, over his own stink.
It’s also worth noting that it wasn’t the hydrogen that caused the fire. The Hindenburg had an aluminium skin. It began having degradation issues, so they painted it. The paint was iron oxide based. Aluminium and iron oxide are the 2 main ingredients in thermite.
Analysis of the video shows that it was the skin burning off. It would have gone up almost as badly, even if filled with helium.
That would make sense. Unfortunately, first class is at the front, and that boards first. It sort of flows from there.
I’ve also seen enough people abusing the overhead lockers to completely break back to front boarding. They get on and just stick their bag in the first available space, before heading back. Now, when the people at the front board, their bag space is taken up already. They now have to fight to the back, on landing to get their bags.