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faceblast
modified 6 years ago

Current Overload Switch

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Current flows through the load (blue) and through the power transistor (right) to ground. If the current through load gets too high, the signal transistor (left) turns on, turning the power transistor off, and the LED indicates a problem. The signal transistor stays on until the circuit is reset by the power switch with the load current below the trigger level. The trigger level is set by the bias resistor on the signal transistor. Run the sim and flick the power switch. Adjust the blue load resistor to increase the current and adjust the green bias resistor to set the load current amount that will trip the circuit into overload mode.
published 12 years ago
WarAxe
12 years ago
Nice.
ScottyMac
12 years ago
Very cool circuit
mediomat
12 years ago
wow! I'm impressed! it's very cool!
TomSawer
12 years ago
Very cool! 100 times better than a fuse
YuHan
12 years ago
Overall voltage protection circuit!
lucagessi
12 years ago
The problem, i think, is that real bjt hasn't a fixed Vbe voltange so it's difficult to choose the bias resistance
heinhtet
12 years ago
good
chuhnow
12 years ago
Хрень
LeeXabyz
12 years ago
Nice!
Nathan
12 years ago
Will this fit into an inverter circuit, and should i build this into the dc side or ac section?
rbrtkurtz
12 years ago
1) What do you mean, "will this fit into an inverter circuit?" Do you have an inverter already? If so, does the housing have room to fit these extra components? (You can squeeze these into a rather small PCB.) If not, are you then planning to build your own? If that's the case, then just design room for it accordingly. The other option is to simply put this circuit into its own enclosure, such as a small project box. Then drill four holes in it; one for a power in jack, one for a power out jack, one for a switch, and one for the LED. 2) If you can't tell that this is a DC circuit, I strongly suggest that you not try to build it and/or incorporate it into a pre-existing inverter. Study some more basic stuff first.
lenzrulz
11 years ago
Nice
hurz
11 years ago
Lol = Lenz on lsd
lenzrulz
10 years ago
Fools such as hurz are individuals who have disengaged their reasoning skills or simply don't have any, fortunately this problem is restricted to a minority. Snide remarks, contentious comments and demeaning statements are all symptomatic of the lack of reasoning skills. Knowledge in the absence of reasoning skills is moot, anyway, given their reluctance to reason with anyone who opposes their ideology, they have ostracised themselves from the rest of the community who posses reasoning skills. Cheerleading anyone who cannot reason with anyone who opposes their views is detestable.
lenzrulz
10 years ago
And faceblast, if the shoe fits, wear it...
hurz
10 years ago
Los cuerdos y los necios son igualmente inofensivos. Sólo los semi-necios y los semi-sabios son los peligrosos.

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