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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
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Subject: Re: Dumb electrical question
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Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 14:29:03 EST
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Thanks for all the posted and mailed responses on this subject! I'd like
to emphasize (which I thought I did in the original by stating that I
wouldn't actually DO this, and labelling the question "dumb" to begin
with) that I have no intention of actually shorting any fusing in my
power circuits. However, I am sure that it does happen by accident
(debris falling during fires or storms comes to mind) and I wondered
what would happen in that case.

As I mentioned to a couple mail correspondents, one of my main 60-amp cartridge
fuses blows fairly often, though my 15-amp individual-circuit fuses just
about never blow. It is probably due to an imbalanced load situation,
with too many high-wattage requirements loading one side of the 3-wire
220-V service, and I intend to have an electrician fix this. I posted
the query because I started thinking about just what those 60-amp fuses
were protecting. It can't be the house wiring, because the individual
line fuses were not getting too high a load on them. It had to be the
pole-to-house or within-box or meter wiring, and I thank you all for the
answers and discussions on this.

Regards, Will