On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:30:58 -0000, Jim Land
put finger to keyboard and
composed:

Franc Zabkar wrote in
:


I'm conFUSEd ...


Use a SLOW BLOW fuse. They have the same characteristic you're describing,
blowing faster for bigger currents.

True, but it would have to be a *very* slow fuse.

For instance, these slo-blo fuses require only 0.6 sec before they
rupture at 4x rated current:

http://www.littelfuse.com/data/en/Ti...pletccurve.pdf

OTOH, the fusible carbon resistors require 15s to rupture at 4x rated
current.

- Franc Zabkar
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