>
>
>>
>> ? A 0.82-ohm, 2w glitch resistor is not good engineering practice. it
>> can not possibly limit fault current to a safe value.
>
>Ok, I'm confused. Per the L4-B manual, "In the event of a short circuit,
>resistor R-12 [the one we're talking about] ... will be destroyed. The
>resistor
>protects the diodes in the power supply ...."
>
>So this sounds to me like the intended function of the 0.82 ohm 2W, wire
>wound, fire retardent resistor is to fail rapidly -- as in a fuse. It
>sounds like
>the wire in the resistor is simply there to act as a fusible link, much
>the same
>way the Buss HV fuse is used in the KWS-1.
>
There is no peak current limiting afforded by an exploding resistor.
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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