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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 96 13:43:49 EDT
From: John 015 <CC015012@BR*.br*.ed*>
Subject: Re: Fuses and fusible links
To: techdiver@terra.net


>Posted on 19 Oct 1996 at 02:01:10 by Dave Mabry

>If you are ever in the Detroit area and are so inclined, let me know and
>I'll show you around Chrysler's engineering center.  I think if you
>could see some of the "real engineers" and their work you might feel
>differently.

Dave,

you wrote that the fusing current on a 12 gauge Cu wire is
235 Amps.  I have 20 gauge at 58 Amps but I don't have the
definition of fusing current handy.  Do you happen to know
just how fast (how many seconds) it takes a 12 gauge wire
to melt at such a high current ?

Thanks,
John

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