An arc is energy applied to a POINT target, in this case the thin
contacts of a bandswitch in the presence of oxygen. We aren't talking
about melting down metal ingots here.
Carl Clawson wrote:
>
> > (Jon)
> > We've established the fact that 320 Joules into my resistor network will
> not
> > damage the resistors.
>
> > Yet 256 Joules will destroy a tank circuit according to what you say.
>
> It takes about 500 J to melt a gram of brass from room temperature. I think
> 256 would be enough to seriously damage a band switch. The unresolved
> problem isn't the available energy, it's how it gets to the switch.
>
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