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Subject: [Spridgets] horn amps?
From: frog.aye at gmail.com (Hal Faulkner)
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:40:37 -0800
References: <1451666334.20110110213758@pacifier.com> <AANLkTimc8N=M30N0xfeojmzC9wr7hqs8Db__Eau6rGEc@mail.gmail.com>
Derf,
If the resistance INcreases current will DEcrease.  I think the real
explanation is that the fuse is not an instantaneous type and takes a few
seconds to heat up sufficiently to melt the element.
Hal

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:26 AM, derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Normally wire has very low resistance.  As wire is overloaded it gets
> hot and the resistance increases.  If your wire increases in
> resistance enough to draw that extra 2 Amps then it will blow the
> fuse.

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