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To be safe, you could use a small 1A fuse. You can buy in-line fuse holders in electronics parts stores. It's a little black tube with a screw on cap, and wires or solder tabs on both ends. Just tape it to your battery pack. Another possibility is (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Whenever you use a battery pack, use a FUSE!!!!!! I work on products that use the 12V gel cels rated at 4AH or greater, you can find them in security panels etc. Anyways, one day a guy in the drafting department measured the distance between (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) hi Ralph, I am wondering..... How did you find out about this particular combination? : ) John (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I read about it in the back pages of Fine Woodworking. Hey, maybe Taunton Press is interested in a Fine LEGO magazine to go with Fine Cooking and Fine Gardening? Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I read about it in the back pages of Fine Woodworking. Hey, maybe Taunton Press is interested in a Fine LEGO magazine to go with Fine Cooking and Fine Gardening? Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes. It is also worth realising that the rectifier has a lower rating, when running from DC, than when AC is used (with DC one pair of diodes does all the work, and will fail earlier than with AC). (...) I think a fuse is still the best idea, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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