A good, inexpensive PS I''ve found
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It was a single strand out of the generic 18ga brown lamp cord, and it blows
at about 1 amp. This was stolen from a Heathkit touch-switch kit I built
about 25 years ago.
Original Message
> > all switching power supplies need some kind of load
> > in this case the circuit you are running with it
> > but better be carefull and use a fuse to protect from
> > shorting these supplies can put out some amps enough
> > to vaporize small circiut traces so be carfull
> >
>
> Speaking of vaporizing small traces, there were posts some months back
that I
> thought was a good idea for an inexpensive low amperage fuse......
> Use a single strand (short length) of wire from a multi-strand conductor.
You
> may want to imperically test the melting point of the wire (fuse blowing)
by
> putting a known current through it.....
at about 1 amp. This was stolen from a Heathkit touch-switch kit I built
about 25 years ago.
Original Message
> > all switching power supplies need some kind of load
> > in this case the circuit you are running with it
> > but better be carefull and use a fuse to protect from
> > shorting these supplies can put out some amps enough
> > to vaporize small circiut traces so be carfull
> >
>
> Speaking of vaporizing small traces, there were posts some months back
that I
> thought was a good idea for an inexpensive low amperage fuse......
> Use a single strand (short length) of wire from a multi-strand conductor.
You
> may want to imperically test the melting point of the wire (fuse blowing)
by
> putting a known current through it.....