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Assortment of 50 Tyco RUEF Series PPTC auto-reset thermal fuses. Thermistor-type devices that limit the flow of dangerously high currents during fault conditions. But unlike traditional fuses that work one time PPTC devices reset after the fault is cleared and power to the circuit is removed. UL listed, RoHS compliant
Rated: 30V
5ea. of 10 Values
Current:
HOLD: 0.9A, 1.1A, 1.35A, 1.6A, 1.85A, 2.5A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 8A
TRIP: 1.8A, 2.2A, 2.7A, 3.2A, 3.7A, 5A 6A, 8A, 10A 16A WT: .08
WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Nickel which is known to the State of California to cause cancer and which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
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Aluminum alloys can contain Chromium
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General Information rating is not meaningful in context
PTC thermal fuses have pretty wide tolerances and work best when combined with a crowbar circuit that forces them to open quickly. A perfect example would be to protect a zener diode in an overvoltage/reversed voltage protective circuit.
The idea is that PTC is there to keep the Zener diode from self destructing, not to provide accurate over current protection.
You can use a PTC to form an accurate, slow blow circuit breaker with predictable performance, but typically this will require additional active circuitry.
- Philip Ouellette, AZ
Note on operation
I have used these in the past, and they DO work - HOWEVER, you MUST remember that to kick out, they have to be operated at 2x their rating! The GOOD thing is that they CAN be operated at over their rating, as long as you rate them to fail at the level YOU NEED!