AC vs DC fuses, High Current, Explosive Destructive Testing and Theory

This is a introduction to the differences between AC and DC fuses. I also use a high voltage / current discharge capacitor for a destructive test of the two difference fuses. You should also check out how ingenious high voltage fuses are made in this article Teardown of a medium voltage fuse (7200 V / 200 A).

Littlefuse 300A 32VDC fuse destructive test

Protistor 200A 690VAC fuse (naked) destructive test:

Protistor 200A 690VAC fuse (housed) destructive test:

High Voltage Fuse Teardown video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoW5iqfq4tA
Semiconductor Fuse Applications Guide: https://ep-us.mersen.com/fileadmin/catalog/Literature/Brochures/BR-Semiconductor-Fuse-Applications-Guide-Brochure.pdf

Mads Barnkob

Electrician, programmer, experimenter and amateur scientist with experience in industry automation, programming and all kinds of high voltage generating electronics. Administrator of https://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk and the high voltage community forum https://highvoltageforum.net

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