[BC] Hot and grounded chassis

[Wayne Thomas/Notebook PC]

I remember those :-)
I have an old Johnson Viking Messenger that has an old Elenco plug fused 
on both legs.  Haven't seen those in several years. Not really a bad 
idea all in all..

WT

Dana Puopolo wrote:
> I remember a two prong non polarized line plug that had two 3AG type fuses in
> it - one for each side of the line. You pushed them out via small holes on the
> top if the plug.
>
> -D
>
>  
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: 
> From: "Mark Humphrey" <mark3xy at gmail.com>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: Re: [BC] Hot and grounded chassis
>
> On 8/10/06, nakayle at gmail.com <nakayle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> One change which I think is over-kill is the current UL requirement that
>> even small household appliances now must use SPT2 cords.  These seem
>> unnecessarily bulky for small light-duty appliances such as a table lamp or
>> clock radio.
>>     
>
> The British/Irish practice of fusing the plug (up to 13 amps) might
> make the most sense: this protects the flimsy line cord as well the
> appliance, and puts the fuse in a location that's easy to access and
> replace.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13-amp_plug
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:G_plug.png
>
> British plugs have ample volume for a fuse, but North American plugs
> are probably too small, unless we want to start making them the size
> of wall-warts.
>
> Mark
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