[Milsurplus] BC-375 HV fuses needed

[Richard Brunner]

Theory says it won't work, but I will not argue against success.  Maybe
you have devised a new combination HV fuse!  Do let us know what
happened.

Richard


On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 20:23 -0500, David Stinson wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Brunner" <brunneraa1p at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] BC-375 HV fuses needed
> 
> 
> >A 120 volt fuse isn't going to interrupt a high voltage circuit, but 
> >it
> > will continue to arc, introducing voltage drop to the circuit fault 
> > and
> > maybe limit damage...
> 
> Hmmm.... I've had one of them open on mine already
> while testing 211s.
> It didn't arc.  It worked just like it was supposed to.
> I haven't tried to replace the picofuse yet so don't know if
> it blew to pieces or what.  I'll see if I can find it.
> 1000 volts in air won't sustain an arc over very much distance.
> And the leads on a picofuse would melt-off quickly.