[Elecraft] K3 inline fuse

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Fri Aug 13 10:50:13 EDT 2010


On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:08:04 +0100, Ian White GM3SEK 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.

Yes. On the other hand, boards are all pre-tested at the factory, and 
assembly instructions included several resistance checks, which I suspect 
are carefully selected to expose any faults that may have happened during 
assembly. 

73, Jim K9YC




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