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On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:37:10AM -0400, Sean Breheny wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> That's what I thought too until I actually saw one up close. There was
> no bi-metal strip. Perhaps there are two kinds - fused ones and
> circuit breaker ones. I have not yet managed to find a site which
> describes the latter in a form which looks anything like what I've
> seen.

Interesting, the one I remember seeing was up close, and I remember the
explanation from the lineman being that the strip was built into the
contacts themselves, but it was quite a few years ago so my memory may
be faulty.

Having both breakers and plain switches could be true in any case.

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