I wouldn't think that sending 1/5 of the power through each fuse would really get them to blow any sooner. It's not really as bad as the time I was in RS and heard the sales drone telling some poor schmuck that since they had a 24V fuse and they were replacing a 12V fuse it was going to allow 24 volts through. -Charlie On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 12:39:25PM -0300, Pedro Drummond wrote: > And then he told you to use 5 fuses in parallel. Problem solved ! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Kilpatrick" > To: > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:23 PM > Subject: [OT]: Radio Shack > > > > I blew the 100 mA fuse in my meter (fourth time now), so I thought I > > would see if Radio Shack had any. Unfortunately, the smallest they had > > was .5 A. I talked to one of the sales guys there, and he said "it is > > no problem if you just use a bigger fuse." Ack! I explained the basic > > concept of fuses to him, but I am not sure how much it sunk in. > > > > I don't expect much from Radio Shack, but this is almost criminal. I > > wonder how much damage he is responsible for? > > > > > > Alex > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- Charles Anderson caa at columbus dot rr dot com No quote, no nothin' -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu