Thank you Mr. Brooks.  You are a wealth of information.
Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Brooks [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:51 PM
> To:   DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum.; AMC-CAL-DVP Richard Hatano
> Subject:      Re: [DC] printed fuse
>
> See the article on Fusing Current on our web site
> www.ultracad.com
> Follow the links to the articles section
>
> (However, use of the info in that article is at your own risk!!!!)
>
> I will also be giving a seminar on Trace Temperature and Current (and
> Fusing Current) at PCB East in Sept
>
> Doug Brooks
>
>
>
>
> At 04:34 PM 5/3/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >         I'm familiar with calculating trace width for current capacity,
> but
> >can anyone tell me trace width for making an etched trace into a fuse?
> I'd
> >like to set a section of trace to blow at 10A, though that value might
> >change, so it would be nice to be able to calculate for 5, 15 or 20A.
> The
> >copper will be .5 or 1 oz.  Thanks.
> >         Richard
>
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