From: hornetd@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 6:59:08 AM UTC-5, J.B. Wood wrote:   
   > On 11/25/2014 05:31 PM, Buffalo wrote:   
   >    
   > > You should not be using a 30 amp circuit for general lighting. Reason,   
   > > lamp fixture cords can easily burn and start a fire before that fuse blows.   
   > > 15 amp is recommended for general lighting circuits.   
   > > If you have motors on your 30 amp circuit, you should replace that   
   > > present fuse with a delayed one (30amp), if it blows.   
   >    
   > Hello, and I reside in a small condo unit that is in effect a spruced-up    
   > (except for electrical) apartment building.  Beyond the electric meter    
   > for my unit there are two cartridge-type fuses, one circuit goes through    
   > that 30 amp non-tamp (rejection base) fuse we've been discussing and the    
   > other circuit goes through a 20 amp non-tamp fuse that feeds a single    
   > 120 volt outlet that is apparently intended for a window A/C.  IOW, if    
   > that 30 amp fuse blows all power except for the A/C is out within my    
   > apartment.  There are no 240 volt outlets anywhere in my apartment.    
   > There is also a small wall-recessed two-fuse panel inside my apartment    
   > that further divides what comes off that 30 amp circuit.  Sincerely,   
   >    
   >    
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   > J. B. Wood	            e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com   
      
   J   
      
   What fuses are installed in that "two-fuse panel inside my apartment    
   that further divides what comes off that 30 amp circuit"?  The reason that I   
   ask is that one of them should have opened on that fault in your light fixture   
   (Luminaire).  If one of them did open but you simply had no challenge in   
   finding an identical    
   replacement then that solves the mystery.  But if the fuse in that panel did   
   not open then it is not properly sized or it has been bypassed in some way.    
   You don't want to let this one go.  Your safety is at stake here.     
      
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   Tom   
      
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