Hi Masters, This is really not an SI related query, but comes under electronics design. My query is this. Can a thin PCB trace be used as a reliable fuse. I have a real estate problem on my PCB & require 4 fuses with current threshold of 6A. I searched for the components & found they too huge to use on the PCB. So thought I can use trace as fuse!! If it is possible is there any paper that has this explained? Please help. Thanks, Tilak ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu