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Yeah and I’m reading if the breaker is 15A it will take at least like 10 ms to trip at any amperage, and if the amperage is not much higher than 15A it can take seconds or minutes to trip.

https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/at-what-amperage-is-a-breaker-designed-to-trip-at.142990/

I guess breaker trip is designed to protect circuits not people. It takes time for conductors to overheat, so the breaker takes it’s sweet time.
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