"feel and smell of the plug fuse faces..."

Bjarney: Have you (or anyone else, for that fact) seen a 30a. plug fuse that had so much current passing through it that it was not only fiery hot to the touch, but the fuse link inside was actually GLOWING? [Linked Image] I kid you not, when I was in high school and working the projection room of a local movie theater, there was a large fuse panel. The panel was so hot that the cover could not be put in place. lest the panel overheat (as if it wasn't already). The wire (12awg) connected to the particular fuse in question was every bit as hot as the fuse.

Mike to Manager: what about this?
Manager to Mike: Forget about it. Do your job (putting it nicely).

I quit a week later. A late night electrical fire gutted the projection room of the theater about 6 weeks after. Fortunately, the theater was closed for the night.

Mike (mamills)