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Re: [Spridgets] horn amps?

To: derf <derf247@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] horn amps?
From: Hal Faulkner <frog.aye@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:40:37 -0800
Derf,
If the resistance INcreases current will DEcrease.  I think the real
explanation is that the fuse is not an instantaneous type and takes a few
seconds to heat up sufficiently to melt the element.
Hal

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:26 AM, derf <derf247@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Normally wire has very low resistance.  As wire is overloaded it gets
> hot and the resistance increases.  If your wire increases in
> resistance enough to draw that extra 2 Amps then it will blow the
> fuse.
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