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Re: www.midcentralelectric.com -- Prices
Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist@qwest.net>" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Fixed load means that they are designed to operate something with an
essentially constant draw (like some relays or lamps or monitoring
equipment) at a substation or on a pole. That is, the load is some sort of
fixed thing.
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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@pupman.com>
To: <tesla@pupman.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: www.midcentralelectric.com -- Prices
> Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist@qwest.net>"
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> >Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist@qwest.net>"
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> >What does "fixed load" mean? They wouldn't by any chance be current
> >limited, would they?
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> They are not current limited (but again, the fuse is easy to blow). Fixed
> load = it will run the rated load, not 2x rated load, or load +100 watts.
> Think of it like 74xx series logic chips. They are rated 5 volts- not 6
> volts, not 5.5 volts, not 5.3 volts.
> Some specs are actually meant to be observed.
> KEN
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