The 'spring' *is* a spring and pulls away from the fusewire to break the
circuit when the solder blob joining the two melts, which it does at
sustained medium-rate currents. In the event of a high current the fuse
wire melts very rapidly as in a 'standard' fuse.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tab Julius" <tab@penworks.com>
To: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Stupid fuse question
> I don't know how "new" it is. I have seen plenty of the spring kind - I
> assume there's nothing magical about the spring other than by coiling it
> that they get more surface area/wire in there instead of a straight
> wire.
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