Seems like I saw one some years ago in a lighthearted electronics
magazine article on Murphy's Law which stated something like "if a
transistor is protected by a fast-acting fuse, the transistor will
protect the fuse by blowing first."
73, Al
On Wed, 23 May 2001 13:48:15 -0400 Bill_Ames@hyperion.com writes:
>
>
>It is the peak current flow in the device that will be damaged, not
>the avg
>current flow for the rig. When dealing with semiconductors, they are
>the
>first to go unless you can stop the current before it reaches a
>damaging
>threshold, it only takes milliseconds...
>
>Bill Ames
>KB1LG
>
>
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