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If I rub my socks around on the carpet, then touch the end of my unplugged laptop charger, and get a spark, why doesn't the breaker pop?
 

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The current flows only for a tiny fraction of a second. That's way too short a time.
 
and its really low current, maybe ~ a few 10's of mA - way below the fusing current rating of that fuse

Dave
 

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