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|    Dimitris Tzortzakakis to All    |
|    Re: thermal fuses and planned obsolescen    |
|    25 Nov 24 13:05:40    |
      From: noone@nospam.com              Στις 24/11/2024 9:58 μ.μ., ο/η Marco Moock έγραψε:       > On 16.11.2024 14:06 Uhr Dimitris Tzortzakakis wrote:       >       >> Recently, all toasters, hair dryers, curling irons, cooking rings       >> etc. are equipped with thermal fuses, which blow sometime       >       > Why do they?       > Aren't they capable of the starting current?       >       because obviously the temperature of the appliance exceeds their       tripping threshold, which is too low, delibetarely, making the appliance       uselless.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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