Tony
Re: Fuse/Breaker
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- tiger205
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Re: Fuse/Breaker
fair enough, no offence meant
Tony
			
			
									
						
							Tony

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Re: Fuse/Breaker
One that doesnt do tanksfynsdad wrote:Doesnt do tanks? what Kind of people are we letting on here????Jolteon is my partner and doesnt do tanks![]()
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Also update on my fuse/breaker thing
Halfords sell a waterproof inline fuse box for few quid and the fuses for it, just incase a maplins isnt near you
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Hi Norse, Just to add a little to your fuse idea.....
all the control gear for my boats....and the RC cars that my son builds..... include fuses and fuse holders of the type that you are suggesting would be beneficial.
I have spent 30 years in the telecomms industry and know that fuse protection is ALWAYS used to protect "soft" electronics... quite often the fuses have been in circuit for many years and have never blown. These fuses never blew because the circuitry was built to last... and to a high spec...enuff said eh!
A technical note... you can buy " surge protection" fuses that react quickly to high current drain ( they blow in milliseconds), and fuses that are designed to "Slow blow" so allowing very short higher values of current- such as those used to protect motor circuits. Motors can, and sometimes do take 10 times their rated running current on start up or high load.
So for me, experience and education has proved that fuses are necessary to protect ALL circuitry..... why would anyone wish to invest time... let alone the money aspect.... in their hobby and not protect their investment.
I put fuses in all circuit feeds......... you dont need any qualifications for common sence.......
Keep up posting your ideas Norse, this site is the richer for them.... now I'll put the soap box back in the shed....
Mike
			
			
									
						
							all the control gear for my boats....and the RC cars that my son builds..... include fuses and fuse holders of the type that you are suggesting would be beneficial.
I have spent 30 years in the telecomms industry and know that fuse protection is ALWAYS used to protect "soft" electronics... quite often the fuses have been in circuit for many years and have never blown. These fuses never blew because the circuitry was built to last... and to a high spec...enuff said eh!
A technical note... you can buy " surge protection" fuses that react quickly to high current drain ( they blow in milliseconds), and fuses that are designed to "Slow blow" so allowing very short higher values of current- such as those used to protect motor circuits. Motors can, and sometimes do take 10 times their rated running current on start up or high load.
So for me, experience and education has proved that fuses are necessary to protect ALL circuitry..... why would anyone wish to invest time... let alone the money aspect.... in their hobby and not protect their investment.
I put fuses in all circuit feeds......... you dont need any qualifications for common sence.......
Keep up posting your ideas Norse, this site is the richer for them.... now I'll put the soap box back in the shed....
Mike
I should have collected beer mats
			
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I build Railguns. One of which was over 400 volts of power.fv432 wrote:
or as the old saying goes "The proof is in the pudding"![]()
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Alot more than your little tanks, I assure you.
Also I'm only here cause I know Norse is a lying idiot and needs someone to watch or they'll go amock and do total crap.
Also no, no images, I don't need to show you guys the proof, as from the quality of the posts I've seen, you wouldn't understand any of it.
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No need for that offensive post Jolteon!!! dont do it again or im sorry but a ban will be enforced... forum rules!! 
Matt
			
			
									
						
										
						Matt
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oh well off to the play ground we go any how speaking to someone who nows a little more than me and in my opinion the fuse breaker is more trouble than it's worth in our little tanks as the fuses after the battery and before the board are useless
and the theory of a circuit breaker after the motors and before the board would be a royal pain in the *** popping and killing the drive to
the little tankies everytime you go over anything harder than the carpet and spending more money on board protection when i have run RX13s and 14s and not yet had a problem with cooked boards seems a little pointless to me
now if you techy wizards came up with an equivalent to the DMD well then your talking
 
 
 
 
 
 (bet you couldnt get that for a dollar 
 
 
 
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						and the theory of a circuit breaker after the motors and before the board would be a royal pain in the *** popping and killing the drive to
the little tankies everytime you go over anything harder than the carpet and spending more money on board protection when i have run RX13s and 14s and not yet had a problem with cooked boards seems a little pointless to me
now if you techy wizards came up with an equivalent to the DMD well then your talking
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nicely settled mate 
 
Matt
			
			
									
						
										
						Matt
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also found out that approx 9 people per year are killed licking PP9s (thanks tony LOL
how many people live on this planet well you can work out the percentage im off to lick batteries (car batteries coz im ard
elf and safety note please dont lick batteries you may have an underlying heart condition and may die from the result (no not the battery the heart)
sorry guys couldnt resist off to play tankies
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My dear, if that is offensive, you need to get out a bit moreMatdragon wrote: No need for that offensive post Jolteon!!! dont do it again or im sorry but a ban will be enforced... forum rules!!
Matt
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Also no, no images, I don't need to show you guys the proof, as from the quality of the posts I've seen, you wouldn't understand any of it.
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I think this is what he meant dearie
which to me is offensive not that i care too much but offence could be taken so long as we leave the gate out of it that part never done any harm so the fence will be left to keep the gate company
any way you guys so bored with the other places that you dwell that you have to come on here and try to annoy everyone (oh well gives me something to moan about saves kicking the cat again LOL)
Kind Regards Rob
			
			
									
						
										
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I think this is what he meant dearie
which to me is offensive not that i care too much but offence could be taken so long as we leave the gate out of it that part never done any harm so the fence will be left to keep the gate company
any way you guys so bored with the other places that you dwell that you have to come on here and try to annoy everyone (oh well gives me something to moan about saves kicking the cat again LOL)
Kind Regards Rob