Re: thermal fuses and planned obsolescence...
Dimitris Tzortzakakis <[email protected]> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:05:40 +0200
| Newsgroups | alt.engineering.electrical |
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| 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.