[TechAssist] Re: Fusible resistors
- From: "Jerome Silverman" <greentron@xxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 21:51:54 -0400
That would come pretty close if we knew what fuse rating to use.
Jerry Silverman
Greentron Inc
4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609
Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
greentron@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "larry" <schntv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 8:32 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fusible resistors
> 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
> > Mine Hill, NJ 07803
> > 973-361-5796
> > WWW.ALS-TV.NET
> >
> > ----- 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
> >>http://www.tech-assist.org
> >>"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
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