[Milsurplus] Fuses to protect transformers

[Richard Brunner]

No advantage that I can see.  I would put the fuse in the hot leg, because
if it's in the neutral leg and blows the hot wire is still live in the
chassis.  Fuses are pretty reliable, and the worst thing that can happen is
it fails open.  I don't think much thought was given to the dual fuse plug.

Addendum:  Re; Heathkit dual fuse plug.  They probably thought both fuses 
would blow, isolating the chassis.  They might, but would you bet your life 
on it?

Richard, AA1P


> Maybe I missed this but is there any advantage to fusing both sides of the
> primary?  I remember the famous Heathkit plugs with twin fuses.  Was the
> redundancy there for a reason?
> Doug
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