| 摘要 |
A temperature sensitive circuit interrupting arrangement includes a temperature controlled relay (12a) that will open to disconnect a load (22), such as a common household appliance or utensil, from a power source (20) when the amount of heat produced by any one of a plurality of electrically conductive items (30) coupling power from the power source (20) to the load (22) causes a sensed temperature to rise above a pre-determined safety limit temperature. The rise in the sensed temperature may be due to a poor (resistive) contact, an over-current condition due to a malfunction of the load (22), or other common causes. The circuit interrupting arrangement (10) may be incorporated in many forms of electrical devices including male plugs, female sockets, switches, dimmers, multi-outlet power strips, power cords, and ground fault interruptors.
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