> -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of David > McGaw > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 8:01 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 10811 Thermal fuse? > > Actually, in the unit in which the fuse had opened, it had protected the > unit when the thermistor failed open. Having seen this happen, I > recommend it be replaced. The Panasonic part is 63 cents. > > David
Was the oven in a runaway condition? Like Bob, I've never seen a situation where the thermal fuse has actually done anything useful. It seems like the inner oven will go into full-blown China Syndrome before the thermal fuse on the far side of the outer PCB gets hot enough to fail. -- john, KE5FX Miles Design LLC _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.