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Hardware => Lynx Express => Topic started by: urthegman on December 13, 2012,
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What kind of in-line fuse can I put on the + side of my power cord between the connector strips and power cords that will help protect the triacs from frying????
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When you find out let me know. I think if it were that simple RJ and others would have done it by now.... albeit im not an electrician.. i are a plumber... 8)
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Since the overwhelming cause of a bad Triac (affectionately known as a Blown Triac) is a dead short on the output power cord when the channel is told to turn on.
The Express fuses are to protect the board, not the Triacs, because a Triac dies so suddenly.
I'm not sure what fuse type you could put in-line that would reliably open before the Triac. But will definitely say Instant or Super Fast.
- and then I looked at AutoZone
Bussmann 2 Amps AGC fast-acting glass tube fuse
and this In Line holder might do the trick. (AGC fuses come in many many amp sizes)
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories/Cooper-Bussmann-In-line-glass-fuse-holder/_/N-25gq?itemIdentifier=32422_0_0_
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No fuse is going to protect them. They will blow faster than just about any fuse under a dead short. What you would need is a current limiter to keep the max flow below the Triac max current along with that fuse an that can get rather expensive.
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Are you losing alot of them? What causes them to blow?
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If you got the bucks just put GFI's on each of the line's might protect them.