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[AMPS] Re: Power Handling of Resistors

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Subject: [AMPS] Re: Power Handling of Resistors
From: itr@nanoteq.co.za (Ian Roberts)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 08:32:56 +0200
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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