Ian wrote... > The other important point is that fuses provide ZERO protection until > AFTER they have blown. In the life and death of a semiconductor, even a > few milliseconds is a very long time indeed.
I like to tell the story about a series of tests we did when I worked at Fairchild, in Silicon Valley. Our little VHF silicon transistors were very expensive, and quite fragile. We tested many fuses to identify which one(s) would be suitable protection for the transistors. To summarize: transistors are a very effective way of protecting fuses! 73, George T Daughters, K6GT CU in the California QSO Party (CQP) October 2-3, 2010 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
