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Re: Blow Fuse! [message #50563 is a reply to message #50561] Sun, 21 January 2007 12:47 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Are you saying the light bulbs blew? You may have presented a dead short or an open, both of which cause excessive current flow through the lamp. An open causes high current near the crossover frequency because of undamped shunt resonance. A short causes high current because it's a short. If you have am ohmmeter, you can check and see if either of these things is the case for you.


 
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