Replacing plug fuses

[renosteinke]

Just to bring up old methods:

Recently had a late-night service call. A fuse had blown, and the tenant had destroyed the HOT fuseholder in an attempt to remove the Type S adapter.

Is this a typical result?

I bring this up because the wording of the code does not allow for the use of plug-fuse shaped breakers (made by Buss), and rather calls for the installation of reducing adapters.

Nevertheless, I replaced the socked (with one I had salvaged) and installed such a breaker. After twenty trips or so, the tenant finally admitted that maybe there was something wrong with his TV set, after all!
BTW, his problem was a dead short, that would have blown any fuse, however big.

 

[hbiss]

Re: Replacing plug fuses

Is it typical for someone to destroy a hot fuse holder to remove the adapter? Sure, there's no shortage of stupid people. But those with reasonable intelligence would buy the proper fuses and realize that there is a problem if they continue to blow.

If it were me I would have replaced the adapter with the fuse holder, supplied proper fuses and advised the tenant that he could have been killed or caused property damage and fire by doing what he did.

By doing what you did you are allowing the tenant to over fuse even if you did provide that screw in breaker, and it sounds like that's exactly what they would do.

-Hal

 

[earlydean]

Re: Replacing plug fuses

Sounds like a candidate for the Darwin Award.