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  • Sep 14, 2003, 11:15 PM
    joeken
    Electric Fuse Wire
    Kindly let me know, which compound is used in a fuse wire used in electric circuits
  • Aug 31, 2004, 12:46 AM
    renjithvas
    Re: Electric Fuse Wire
    electric fuse wire ia an alloy made of tin( 63 % & lead 37 %. I want to know about safe current limit. Whether the safe current limit is including the minimum value or not
  • Oct 16, 2004, 05:00 PM
    urmod4u
    Common fuse wire is tinned copper wire.
    For special (heavy duty, industrial) purposes, precious metals (such as silver) can be used.
    The previously mentioned lead/tin alloy is solder - not fuse wire.
  • Aug 7, 2010, 10:41 AM
    lancairian

    Previously mentioned tinned copper wire is correct as to repairing old household fuses. The previously mentioned lead/tin alloy is not solder - it is old style fuse wire. I am holding a half pound roll of 2 ampere rating Buss Fuse Wire, which is lead alloy. Used in industrial fuses that would be repaired by hand rewinding around a core. Our electric shop just disposed of it as obsolete. (OK, now it will be used for solder)

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