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In Reply to: The future of power cables and wall outlets? posted by vinyl survivor on June 28, 2009 at 19:56:26:
The "ingenious technology" to help prevent house fires the inventor is proposing already exists. They are called arc fault circuit interrupters and circuit breakers/fuses. AFCI technology detects arcing faults and breakers protect against bolted faults (a.k.a. dead shorts) and excessive current draw.
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- RE: The future of power cables and wall outlets? - Glen B 06/30/0902:53:14 06/30/09 (3)
- RE: The future of power cables and wall outlets? - CouvaJazz 08:28:00 06/30/09 (2)
- Assumes all fires are caused by excessive current. - Al Sekela 15:51:08 06/30/09 (1)
- RE: Assumes all fires are caused by excessive current. - CouvaJazz 05:55:27 07/1/09 (0)