At 09:16 03/15/99 -0800, Richard Martin wrote:
>I looked a bit at using automobile fuses, particularly the
>"buck tooth" variety that seems to be used today. The idea was to
>use them both as a current sensor and a circuit protector.
>They seem to measure in the range of 40milliohms  (.040 ohms = 40mv/Amp)
>with very high unit to unit consistency (with
>my tools).

how would that be with the contact resistance (2 contacts for the fuse)? it
might be in the same range as the fuse resistance, which would then
influence the measurements considerably.

ge