From: Arfa Daily on


"Salmon Egg" <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:SalmonEgg-E4DEAF.21564326062010(a)news60.forteinc.com...
> In article
> <0001HW.C84C25A9011554E5B01AD9AF(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> DaveC <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote:
>
>> Used in the battery (-) lead of a handheld scope. Schematics unpublished.
>>
>> Physically similar to a 1/4 W resistor, color light green. Marked "IE7A"
>> or
>> "1E7A".
>>
>> Google returns slim results, none promising.
>>
>> What type is this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>
> USE COMPLETE SENTENCES!
>
> --
> An old man would be better off never having been born.

They are complete s

Just not ones that you

What I am writing, are incomplete sen

And don't

We don't like that on sci

Arf

From: Michael A. Terrell on

DaveC wrote:
>
> Used in the battery (-) lead of a handheld scope. Schematics unpublished.
>
> Physically similar to a 1/4 W resistor, color light green. Marked "IE7A" or
> "1E7A".
>
> Google returns slim results, none promising.
>
> What type is this?


<http://www.littelfuse.com/data/en/Product_Catalogs/Chapter10SurfaceMountFuses.pdf>
and several other fuse manufacturers list E as .375A. If you read the
data sheets, you should be able to determine what family you need.


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From: Tim Williams on
"DaveC" <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote in message news:0001HW.C84C25A9011554E5B01AD9AF(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> Used in the battery (-) lead of a handheld scope. Schematics unpublished.
>
> Physically similar to a 1/4 W resistor, color light green. Marked "IE7A" or
> "1E7A".

Obviously, it's 10,000,000 amperes ;^)

Tim

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From: Jamie on
Tim Williams wrote:

> "DaveC" <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote in message news:0001HW.C84C25A9011554E5B01AD9AF(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>
>>Used in the battery (-) lead of a handheld scope. Schematics unpublished.
>>
>>Physically similar to a 1/4 W resistor, color light green. Marked "IE7A" or
>>"1E7A".
>
>
> Obviously, it's 10,000,000 amperes ;^)
>
> Tim
>
good one :)



From: James Sweet on

>
> I take it , that its blown and I also take it that its not charred (fusible
> R don't char or even discolour AFAIK)
> Desolder it and scrape an axial line along its length . Then DVM resistance
> check from either end. If a fusible resistor then maximum R read is what its
> value was near enough.
> FR breaks are usually to one end, normal R usually in the middle.
> Although green is often axial inductor.
>
> --
>


They won't catch fire but I have seen them char slightly. It's also
common for them to crack or blow out a small chip of ceramic if
something shorts and exposes them directly to the line voltage.