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- From: cbettis@unlinfo.unl.edu (clifford bettis)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: _Voltage_ ratings of fuses
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 19:24:30 GMT
- Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln
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- The other day the fuse blew in our microwave oven and in the process
- of replacing it, I noticed it had a voltage as well as a current
- stamped on it. I'd been aware of this before but never really thought
- about it. Why is there a voltage rating for a fuse; is it a matter of
- how much resistance the fuse has, or possibly some sort of breakdown
- by arcing limitation? If it is a matter of resistance, why not always
- use the fuse with a lower voltage rating?
- Cliff Bettis
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