Re: High Voltage but Low Current fuses...

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Original poster: "Black Moon by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <black_moons-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Heh. I bought some 50ma fuses awhile ago (Yes 50ma)
the wire inside is SOOO thin, you have to get the light to reflect off it 
just so befor you can even see it.
(And I have very good eyes)
Course, its only a mini fuse, but im sure they would make high voltage versions


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: High Voltage but Low Current fuses...
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:56:25 -0600
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>Original poster: "David Speck by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><dave-at-davidspeckmd-dot-org>
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>Terry,
>Actually, that is not so impossible.
>
>I have an extended copper wire table that goes to 56 Ga.  It seems that 51 
>Ga wire is 0.88 mils dia, and 52 Ga is 0.78 mils Dia -- pretty close to 
>what you need.  Might be able to find it as a component of ultraflexible 
>test prod wire or Litz Wire.
>I can send you a copy of the Excel sheet with a lot of good info on the 
>wire if you are interested.
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>That falls right off the charts for available copper wire...   Size 43 is 
>at 1.057 amps if one can find it that thin...  Very low current fuses use 
>either "thin" wire from Heck, or have resistors (and springs) in them to 
>"aid" in heating and fusing.
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