Menlo Park, Calif. — Raychem Circuit Protection, a business unit of Tyco Electronics, has expanded its line of overcurrent protection devices with its RoHS-compliant slow blow surface-mount fuses.

Fuses placed in series with the path of some current flow are protective of excessive current flow taking place in that current path. Although fuses are rated for clearing in terms of “I²t” where “I” ...

This is the second part of a two-part series on the methodologies used to find the short circuit current duties of circuit breakers and fuses. The first part, Short Circuit Current Duties of Circuit ...

The new Trans-Guard EXT Current-Limiting Backup Fuse from Thomas & Betts is designed to enhance protection on overhead distribution systems by significantly reducing the amount of energy let-through ...

From Littelfuse, the 208 and 209 series of fuses expand the company’s offering of 350-V 2AG-size fuses to provide ballast designers with a wider range of current ratings. June 25, 2008 From Littelfuse ...

It’s easy to trivialize the need for a fuse and how to select one. We have all been annoyed or exasperated by a blown fuse. Sometimes we wish there was no such component needed for our circuits. With ...