Timeline for PTC fuse failure mode?
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| Apr 4, 2023 at 11:19 | comment | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | Makes sense +1. Polymer=organic. When a carbon film resistor burns out it has the potential to become a glowing ceramic rod rather than opening up. Metal film less so IME. | |
| S Apr 4, 2023 at 10:42 | review | First answers | |||
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| S Apr 4, 2023 at 10:42 | history | edited | Voltage Spike♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 4, 2023 at 9:25 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Apr 4, 2023 at 9:17 | comment | added | tobalt | Interesting. Would have thought that the polymer burns off/explodes when in an overvoltage situation, leaving the circuit open. | |
| S Apr 4, 2023 at 9:02 | review | First answers | |||
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| S Apr 4, 2023 at 9:02 | history | answered | cmonMakerD | CC BY-SA 4.0 |