On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:08:04 +0100, Ian White GM3SEK wrote: >The other important point is that fuses provide ZERO protection until >AFTER they have blown. In the life and death of a semiconductor, even a >few milliseconds is a very long time indeed.
Yes. On the other hand, boards are all pre-tested at the factory, and assembly instructions included several resistance checks, which I suspect are carefully selected to expose any faults that may have happened during assembly. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html