Re: thermal fuses and planned obsolescence...

Dimitris Tzortzakakis <[email protected]> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:05:40 +0200
Newsgroups alt.engineering.electrical
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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.