frizzled Line socket - why is it always L?

[JohnW2]

could it be you have 3 points one after the other to cause possible resistance and whilst any one on its own will be absorbed by the pin and connected wire just fine ... now iff they are all warming up a bit there is nothing to absorb the excess heat

Yes, obviously possible. However, when this happens the connection between conductor/wire and terminal is not usually 'loose' - so that just leaves the connections between the ends of the fuse and the clips/whatever they mate with.

 

[Murdochcat]

come across more burnt N connections than L

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes, I agree - but that "wearing out too quickly" could well be a reflection of less-than-deal contact between fuse and holder in a particular plug, couldn't it?

Yes, but surely that is 'wearing out'.

 

[pete01]

How would they wear out they hardly get plugged in and out, probably just a cheapo socket I used Crabtree and it still going strong.

 

[EFLImpudence]

How would they wear out they hardly get plugged in and out, probably just a cheapo socket

How then do you describe things that no longer work as they should?

 

[pete01]

How then do you describe things that no longer work as they should?

Broken

 

[EFLImpudence]

But nothing is broken; it's just loose - i.e. worn.

 

[pete01]

But was it always broken but came out as faulty however long later?

 

[pete01]

A tyre wouldn't wear down if it stayed in the shelf....would it?

 

[EFLImpudence]

But was it always broken but came out as faulty however long later?

No.

A tyre wouldn't wear down if it stayed in the shelf....would it?

Probably best to compare a tyre on a vehicle. Some will wear quicker than others.

 

[pete01]

No.


Probably best to compare a tyre on a vehicle. Some will wear quicker than others.

I can live with that

 

[JohnW2]

Yes, but surely that is 'wearing out'.

Possibly, and I was suggesting one mechanism for "wearing out". However, given that it seems to be only a proportion, maybe a small proportion, of plugs that do this, one might suspect that manufacturing imperfections might also be at least part of the equation - in other words, rather than 'wearing out', some plugs may be iffy from birth (particularly given that I very much doubt that each plug which comes off the production line is subjected to protracted high-current testing).