@millercarbon I read your explanation twice, which is two times more than it deserves, and in those two readings I could not find a hint of an answer to the simple question fistatus1 posted. Just nonsense. And then when you finally do try to actually answer you go completely off the rails and talk about converting to DC - ignoring the fact that the majority of fuses are on the incoming AC line, not on the rectified and filtered DC.
Yeah, that's a problem all right. But the thing is, you write for an audience. That means making a choice. You can write for an audience of absolutely know-nothings. But this takes forever. Literally. Or you can write for a certain level of technical knowledge. This inevitably leaves out some while being more efficient for others.
Don't know what to tell you except, maybe read a few more times, study the terms, learn a lot more. Because I can assure you its anything but off the rails. Spoon feeding now will only weaken us both. And I don't know about you but I have far too much respect for us both to do that.