1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a protective circuit, particularly to one absorbing thunderbolt abrupt waves and preventing electric appliances from burning up or exploding caused by continual abnormal current.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A common protective circuit for thunderbolt waves absorbs abrupt wave s generated by thunder bolt for preventing electric appliances from burning up. Common conventional protective circuits for thunderbolt waves generally have a temperature fuse in an electric circuit, or a printed copper foil as a fuse used in a printed electric circuit so that the fuse can be immediately. burned up to cut off the electric circuit at the moment when the electric circuit receives abnormal current. For example, if a current of 50 A/240 Vac, 150 A/240 Vac or 1000 A/240 Vac happens, the fuse never fails to be burned up, so there is still a danger of burning up-or explosion of an abrupt wave absorber caused by high temperature. Therefore, almost all electric appliances have to pass rigid test of UL 1449 safety certificate, or they are not. permitted to sell legally. Provided that the fuse used in a protective circuit for thunderbolt waves is not stable in its specification and quality, it can hardly pass the UL safety certificate because of the potential danger, deemed as an unsafe product impossible to sell legally.
The feature of the invention is a single. or plural strand metal lead used as an excessive current protector in a protective circuit for thunderbolt abrupt waves. The single strand metal lead has a diameter in the range of 0.023 mm-0.035 mm, and the plural strand metal lead has a cross-sectional area in the range of 0.041 mm2-0.0962 mm2. Therefore, the abrupt wave absorbers can fully serve their duty on one hand, and the excessive current protector can be immediately molten by abnormal current, protecting the abrupt wave absorbers from burning up or exploding.
This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
A preferred embodiment of a protective circuit for thunderbolt abrupt waves in the present invention, as shown in
The excessive current protector 5 is a single strand metal (copper) lead 51, as shown in
Next, a layer of an insulating material can be added to wrap around the excessive current protector 5, and the insulating material can be a layer of glass 52 wrapped around the excessive current protector 5, as shown in
Now it should be particularly mentioned that the protective circuit for thunderbolt abrupt waves makes use of a single or plural stand metal lead 51 as the excessive current protector 5. As, the metal lead 51 can be made stably to have a particularly regulated diameter or an cross-sectional area, the excessive current protector 5 cannot be molten when a thunderbolt abrupt wave of 6 KV(1.2×50 μs)/3KA(8×20 μs) passes through the protective circuit so that the abrupt wave absorbers 4 can function efficiently for absorbing the abrupt wave of the thunderbolt and attaining the objective of protecting electric appliances. On the other hand, if an abnormal continual current of 50 A/240 Vac, 150 A/240 Vac or 1000 A/240 Vac passes through the protective circuit, the excessive current protector 5 can be molten by high temperature caused by thunderbolt abrupt waves so that electric appliances can be protected from burning up or exploding.
While the preferred embodiment of the invention had been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such. modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.