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09-02-2005, 12:21 AM

Mike Lyle wrote:
:: wrote:
::: On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:14:55 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
::: wrote:
:::
::::
:::: hoods wrote:
:::: Hello,
::::
:::: I'm a product designer doing some research for my degree.
::::
:::: I was wondering if anyone here has ever accidentally cut their
:::: lanwmower, hedgetrimmer (and any other power tool) power cable by
:::: accident. If so could you briefly just say what you had an
:::: accident with, your posts will help me justify the design of a
:::: porduct to stop this happening.
::::
:::: Thanks for your time
::::
:::: Too late. It's called a fuse.
:::
::: That won't stop it cutting the cable.
::
:: And on the rare occasions when it actually matters, your heirs may
:: or may not be glad you didn't use a circuit-breaker instead.
::

Even without a circuit breaker there's not much chance of an electric shock,
unless of course you do something stupid like pick up the bare ends of the
cable and touch the copper wire.

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