Perhaps the weakest link in the US electrical system
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An extension cord may be thinner than the wiring supplying it. Examining a fused plug, the presenter asks which section reaches its limit first and where interruption would protect that length of wire.
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before the wire gets overloadedso it protects the length of the wire