<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Wellllllllll............and just to keep a god diversion going,..............in the UK, every plug going into our so-called house “ring mains” is individually fused at, normally 13, 5 or 3 amps. And some sockets, which are wired direct to the appliance ie cookers, also carry individual protection. So far as I recall, when Brussels tried to make the UK align itself with Europe on this, the Government of the day said that the topic was not even open for discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am not an electrician and am not going to be drawn on the merits of the two systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>warthodson@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 17, 2015 22:53<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Fwd: New Classic Technologies Fuse Box<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_2_1d40bf22-e6cf-4825-9a8f-db20261465c6"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This is a fun subject. Carrying the house wiring analogy to the extreme, that would mean that every light, every outlet, every electrical devise should have its own fused electrical circuit. Furthermore. every circuit that is switched should have a separate relay so that the switch is powered from one circuit & it energizes a relay that in turn energizes the light, etc. Shouldn't the relay circuit also be fused? What if the short is in the relay circuit? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Gary Hodson<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Roger Grace <<a href="mailto:roggrace@telus.net">roggrace@telus.net</a>><br>To: josef-eckert <<a href="mailto:josef-eckert@t-online.de">josef-eckert@t-online.de</a>>; Oudesluys <<a href="mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl">coudesluijs@chello.nl</a>>; Healeys, Forum <<a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 11:47 am<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] New Classic Technologies Fuse Box<br><br>Josef, The process of using branch circuits with multiple fuses (or breakers in industry) is called protective discrimination. If done properly, the lower rated fuse will rupture before the higher rated one above it in the chain. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>