Tilak, It shall be able to.=20 The current for wire can be calculated. Here , with Google search "trace current", I found some articles for it. = One of them is=20 http://polysat.calpoly.edu/documents_cp1/systems/trace_capacity.pdf. Hope it helps. John =20 -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] = On Behalf Of Gaitonde, Tilak Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 6:17 PM To: Si-List Subject: [SI-LIST] Can a thin PCB trace be used as a reliable fuse Hi Masters, This is really not an SI related query, but comes under electronics = design.=20 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!!=20 If it is possible is there any paper that has this explained?=20 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: =20 //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 =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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