When I moved into my current home, the kitchen had been recently remodeled. Great! That meant it had at least two 20-amp circuits to handle all the kitchen appliances, countertop and wall receptacles ...

Branch-circuit conductors must have overcurrent protection in accordance with Sec. 240.4, and the overcurrent protection device rating must not exceed the rating marked on the appliance [Sec. 422.11].

A variety of over-current and overvoltage products are on the market for protecting VDSL telecommunications circuits. These include transformer line-side capacitors, transformer driver-side diodes, ...

Once an engineer has designed the audio circuit of an amplifier, it would be nice to think that most of their task is complete. However, from a system perspective, that is far from true. At the very ...

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4380, an ultralow quiescent current (I Q) surge stopper, providing compact overvoltage and overcurrent protection for always-on 4V to 72V electronics in ...

Guest columnist Faraz Hasan, marketing and business development manager at Tyco Electronics Circuit Protection Products says that LEDs can require overcurrent protection despite built-in safety ...