Components: Colorful Circuit Breakers Diminish Vehicular Downtimes

Aug. 23, 2004
Designed for 12- and 24-V automotive applications, the 1610 series thermal circuit breakers feature color-coded housings that reduce downtimes caused by blown fuses in cars, trucks, and boats. The color coding complies with DIN 72581 and SAE J1284...

Designed for 12- and 24-V automotive applications, the 1610 series thermal circuit breakers feature color-coded housings that reduce downtimes caused by blown fuses in cars, trucks, and boats. The color coding complies with DIN 72581 and SAE J1284 standards. The circuit breakers also meet SAE standard J553 Type III (manual reset) and Type I (automatic reset) and are available in current ratings from 6 to 30 A up to 32 V dc. Available colors include dark green (6 A), honey (8 A), red (10 A), blue (15 A), yellow (20 A), pearl (25 A), and light green (30 A). The 1610 series is designed as a resettable alternative to standard plug-in blade fuses in fuse blocks.

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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.

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