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In Reply to: RE: Be sure to try the fuse both ways posted by Davey on August 04, 2020 at 17:14:12
It's fun to try different things. That's what this hobby is all about.
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There's nothing to try.
An AC line fuse is switching direction 120 times a second.
The premise of a directional fuse is a canard.
Dave.
To expound further on Davey's point, the idea that electrons or charge carriers are marching back and forth on a wire is a rather poor simplification. The current density at a given point is changing but the actual movement of charge carriers (drift velocity) is slow. The movement of free electrons in a metal is random and application of a voltage (electron force) causes a general shift of the electrons in the opposite direction of the field. In a conductive solid this rate of movement is about 1 mm/sec, and in a vacuum tube, it is about 1/10 the speed of light. This is different from the electromagnetic wave that is propagated (see Maxwell). Also the assignment of the direction of the carriers is entirely arbitrary based on the convention that electrons have a negative charge. So the idea that current flow is affected by the orientation of a fuse is just nonsense.
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Edits: 08/08/20
But it sounds different! That's the point-and its very easy to try.
How hard is it?
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