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Subject: [AMPS] Power Handling of Resistors
From: Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com (Peter Chadwick)
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:00:38 -0000
Dave says:

        >(2)  Neither does he have any concept of the DIFFERENCE  in the
application 
        >of that small amount of power for 500ms, the length of which is
controlled by 
        >the pushing of a microphone button, as opposed to the UNCONTROLLED
avalanch 
        >of the dumping of ca. several joules of energy in a very short time
which 
        >usually ends in the catatrsopic destruction of a bandswitch or
other tank 
        >component.

Dave, are you saying that the amount of energy involved in 160 watts for
500msec is not the same as 1600watts for 50msec or 16kW for 5msec? Or am I
misunderstanding you?

73

Peter G3RZP


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