Zeta Syanthis @zetasyanthis@awoo.space

@Felthry Yes of course! I think you saw the pliers I have the other day... Only use one hand when poking things that might be live unless using those.

@Felthry Yeah. The goal is that if I do something stupid it should save my life (GFCI), prevent damage to itself, and minimize damage to the appliance.

@Felthry NTC is 6A, fuse I'm putting in is 5A max. (Input chokes rated to 6A too.)

@Felthry Mainly it's there in case I end up with a mains short. Should prevent a huge spark/arc and then the HRC fastblow fuse behind it will nuke the circuit.

@Felthry That's in fact the idea. I almost made it bigger and put a couple high wattage power resistors in series too, but the cost + heatsink + cool was quite high. :)

@Felthry I suppose I should also say that I got a 20A outlet on it, because sometimes you need to test appliances that only have that plug, and it's super annoying if your place doesn't have 20A circuits. (Obviously nowhere near max load, just quiescent power-on.)

@Felthry Possibly, but I definitely don't know electrical code requirements. I actually shy away from mains work, hence the overprotective safety box I'm building. XD

@Felthry Nah, that I don't care about in this instance. This is mostly "Okay, I've repaired the power supply in appliance X. Let's plug it in and hope it doesn't go BOOM."

@Felthry Yeah, but they have to fit the panel, and a lot of older panels, like the place I'm renting right now, won't take them. (Plus, the landlord probably wouldn't want me messing with that. :P)

@Felthry Yes. (I'm a electrical and computer engineer. :))

@Felthry Yeah, I think so. Tbh, we could easily just do it at a circuit level by putting the first outlet in every branch on a GFCI. That'd at least take care of a lot of things. (Lighting circuits would be another issue.)

@Felthry More like, I want to limit the amount of magic smoke a device I'm testing might emit in the first few seconds, hence the NTC and input chokes. (Plus that'll prevent me feeding back goodness knows what onto my power lines.)

@Felthry HAH

@Felthry Yeah... I've been watching a lot of bigclivedotcom, and the fact that the UK has them at the distribution board level is kind of mindblowing to me. Seems way safer.

@Felthry The rest is just because less bangs is good. (Oh, and I forgot the power on indicator light.)

@Felthry I don't remember if you're in the US or not, but we don't have RCD/GFCI protection on most outlets. That was the main purpose, to protect against me providing a path to earth accidentally. :P

@Felthry Essentially a box that lets me test mains appliances more safely. I've got a beefy input filter and ceramic fuseholder, an NTC, an AC (analog :D) ammeter, and a GFCI. https://www.mpja.com/IEC-Power-Inlet-Module-RFI-Filter-Switch-Fuse-Holder/productinfo/33931+FH

@Felthry Yep! https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/ametherm/MS32-50006-B/570-1379-ND/5975365

@rey (And in fairness, it's one of the biggest Digikey had.)

@rey Hah. XD (And that's literally it's only purpose in life. XD)