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• kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nope. Circuit breakers do not break on absolute current values.

  Huh, TIL.

  Ever. Period. At all.

  That doesn’t seem to be supported by my research. Standard breakers are designed to trip based on a function of over-current and time, but that doesn’t preclude any breakers from using current alone.

  Even a basic spec sheet will inform you as much…

  It won’t. I checked. A more detailed spec sheet will, but not a basic one.

  It’s why many euro firms make fun of American standards: They’re literally not expressive of reality.

  They sure look like they are. The rating is the current that the breaker can sustain indefinitely at the reference temperature. And it sure looks like the EU rates the the same way.

  Even GFCI’s can shock the fuck out of you in certain circumstances.

  Of course they can. You aren’t a ground fault. A load of 100mA on a GFCI is perfectly normal, and the same load will kill a human very quickly.

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  • LurkingLuddite@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you cannot understand the BASIC fact that a circuit breaker can ABSOLUTELY conduct more energy than its rating before it pops… then you are simply too stupid to understand what I said. Period. Absolutely. Good job being so dim.

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  • LurkingLuddite@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They look like they are … to an ignorant incapable of reading comprehension. Which is one reason why the standards are made fun of.

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    • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Care to explain your reasoning, then? Or did you just want to feel smug?

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