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Fatman608
at Sat Oct 1 14:36:33 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Fatman608 ]
Breakers are not designed to protect the load(the flexwatt or heat mat). Breakers are designed to protect the wireing from overload. The only time a breaker or fuse will trip is when there is an overload. When electrical heaters or heat mats(like flexwatt) burn up, most of the time there is not an overload so the breaker does not trip. The only time the breaker will trip is when the hot side wire burns off the electtical connection and touches the neatral wire or ground wire some how to cause a direct short(overload).
Basically, the breaker on the power strip is only going to trip if you have a direct short(overload) if the heat mat(flexwatt) overheats nothing is going to stop the fire.
Side note a fuse and a breaker does the same job. A breaker you can reset a fuse is a one time use item.
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RE: Fire Safety help? - Fatman608, Sat Oct 1 14:36:33 2011