13 Mar
2013
13 Mar
'13
6:49 p.m.
On 3/13/2013 4:46 PM, David Riley wrote:
On Mar 13, 2013, at 7:01 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo
at gmail.com> wrote:
True enough, thanks for the correction :).
- Josh
Well, turns out that someone (me!) had installed
the wrong fuse -- it was a
2.5A fuse where a 10A was required (F2 takes the 2.5A, btw). Apparently
when fuses start to give out they draw a lot of current -- lesson learned
:).
Good thing to look out for! If I were to nitpick, though, I'd probably
point out that it's not that the fuse is starting to draw a lot of
current, but rather that it's starting to drop a lot of voltage as the
I in the IV term of Ohm's law goes way above its intended range. The
glowing is a tangential result (P = I^2*R).
- Dave