[TechAssist] Re: Fusible resistors
- From: larry <schntv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 20:32:43 -0400
would a fuse in series with a flame proof resistor be equivalent??
but what size fuse?
Larry
Al L wrote:
> Since fuses and fuse ohms cost very little i NEVER put them on my bills! It
> also stops that old crap'ALL it needed was a fuse!". al
>
> Al Leatherman
> 224 RT. 46
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 5:34 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fusible resistors
>
>
>
>>Bingo! Give that man a cigar! As "sue-happy" as a lot of Americans have
>>become, it is best to use the original part when it comes to something
>>like this. When you turn on a tv and there is a lawyer saying "Has
>>anyone looked at you cross-eyed in the last 3 months? We'll sue on a
>>percentage basis", Ed is VERY correct in saying that a lawyer would drag
>>you through the coals on that.
>>
>>Doug Keller
>>Wis-Kel Electronics
>>101 Freeland Ave.
>>Terra Alta, WV
>>USA 26764
>>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
>>won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Edward Gaidies wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Jerry;
>>>I agree 100%.
>>>Cover yourself on "Safety Components"...
>>>Not being cruel...it's nice to ask if you don't know..but using
>>>improper fuses, or improper components will put your shieska on the
>>>line.
>>>
>>>Not so much in Canada, but with Lawsuits, some hotshot Investigator
>>>will draw you through the coals.
>>>
>>>
>>>-Ed-
>>>*****************************************************************
>>>Ed Gaidies
>>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>>Ontario-Canada
>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>teltek@xxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>On 8-Oct-04, at 3:47 PM, J Silverman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>There is no relationship between fusible and flameproof. They have
>>>>different
>>>>applications. Fusible has been selected to protect some circuit from
>>>>further
>>>>damage. Flameproof is to prevent smoke and fire when damage occurs.
>>>>Jerry Silverman
>>>>Greentron Inc
>>>>4 Newland Ave
>>>>Greenville SC 29609
>>>>Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
>>>>mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Paul" <dntwntv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 2:06 PM
>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fusible resistors
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Thats interesting, because I am working on a Samsung that came in
>>>>>with a
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>vertical problem per the customer. Didn't show up in the shop till I
>>>>tapped
>>>>the board. I resoldred all the i/c pins and other relative components.
>>>>Still
>>>>no deflection. Hit the area with freeze and got partial deflection
>>>>momentarily while a peaking coil smoked. I replaced the i/c the coil a
>>>>shorted zener and a lytic cap. The 5.6 ohm fusible opened also which I
>>>>didn't see till I fired it up again and had fold over. I replaced with
>>>>a
>>>>flame proof. It smoked and opened up immediately. Found another
>>>>shorted
>>>>zener. Thus the reason for the question. A fusible didn't seem to work
>>>>any
>>>>better than a flame proof, at least in this case. Some suppliers use
>>>>the
>>>>term fusible to mean flame proof.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>>J Silverman <greentron@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>No. A flame proof resistor is made of materials that wont burn or
>>>>>smoke
>>>>>excessively. That doesnt mean that it wont light up like a light bulb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>while
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>the circuit it is supposed to protect vaporizes and the resistor
>>>>>survives.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>fusable resistor is supposed to protect something by interrupting the
>>>>>current.
>>>>>Jerry Silverman
>>>>>Greentron Inc
>>>>>4 Newland Ave
>>>>>Greenville SC 29609
>>>>>Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
>>>>>mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Paul"
>>>>>To:
>>>>>Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:57 PM
>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Fusible resistors
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Is a flame proof resistor a safe sub for a fusible resistor of the
>>>>>>same
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>value?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>If not why not?
>>>>>>Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Paul ,B
>>>>>>Central TV&Video
>>>>>>911W Grand Ave
>>>>>>Grover Beach Ca.
>>>>>>(805)481-8084
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