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pltrgyst[_4_]

On 11/28/13 2:08 PM, wrote:

>> Ummm, the spring doesn't hold the contacts together. It drives them
>> apart when the breaker trips.
>>
>
> So if the spring ever breaks, an overloaded circuit will set the building on
> fire? Doesn't sound like a failsafe to me.

The spring is not a coil spring -- it's a piece of metal bent under
tension and latched. If it broke, the circuit would automatically become
open.

-- Larry