Re: Fuses


"howa" <horacewallace@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Howdy:

I have 3 power supply circuits that I am going to put in one box.
Each draws less than 1 amp off the primaries, and sure enough I have no
problems when I use a 1A fuse.
However,
When I split the power 3 ways off the power jack, and insert a 1A fuse
on each branch, the fuses blow.
Same with 1.5A.
3A fuses, all is good again.
I thought that on parallel circuits the voltage for each node is the
same and the current splits....
But I am missing something.
Can someone tell me why I can't use the 3 x 1A fuses?

TIA,
-howa

Maybe its me tonight but I can't visualize what you are doing. I sounds like
you are just putting your 3 power supplies in a box and using common AC and
fusing the supplies individually. If that's the case, the operation would be
no different than before you put them in a box. If you are fusing the common
feed to all three then a1 Amp fuse wont do it.
Tom


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