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> From: tex1 <tex1 at airmail.net>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Leaking current
> Date: Tuesday, January 28, 1997 5:05 AM
>
> At 02:14 AM 1/28/97 GMT, you wrote:
> >In The Dawn of the Third Age tex1 <tex1 at airmail.net> woke me from my
> >contemplation by writing:
> >> Cary, I will have to say I can find no fault in your statement. I
based my
> >>statement on text material which was used in a technical school for
> >>electricians. As for the test you mentioned I would have to agree that
a
> >>directed short between the grounded and ungrounded conductors would
trip the
> >>breaker, as well as melt some copper.
> >Shouldn't really melt the copper because GFIs trip so fast. That was
> >the whole idea in their development. The grounded outlet saved us by
> >tripping the breaker (or fuse) when used with a grounded plug. Didn't
> >help much when the device was plastic with an ungrounded plug. Besides
> >electricians don't really need to know why, just what the codes are
> >;`)
> When I said (as well as melt some copper) I was refering to the resulting
> arc from the direct short. Assuming the circuit is energised at the time
and
> no load resistance is used.