iirc British plugs do have a fuse built in to every plug, but they are also the only ones who do that
Awesome answer - thank you!!
Although I guess a more general question - why aren’t all power boards and extension cords mandatorily fitted with their own circuit breakers/overload protection circuits? I guess it’s cheaper to just tell people never to daisy chain, but at the same time, when you factor in overall costs incurred by anybody (or insurance companies, etc) from people unintentionally overloading them and causing them to melt and burn down houses, wouldn’t it be in everybody’s best interests to raise the price a few dollars and include a resettable overload protection system?
DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 month ago
Some power systems do actually put a fuse in the extension cord… I think it’s the UK that does this. Basically every power system other than the US uses different (safer) plug designs that solve the arcing problem.
In practice daisy chaining rarely causes a serious problem and it makes things more expensive so it never really became a thing that was legislated or common within the US. Similar to how the plug designs themselves rarely cause a problem so it hasn’t made sense to actually change them.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Technology Connections made a 25 minute video about American extension cords and why they’re dangerous, if you want to watch a long form answer.