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    Testing a fuse with a cellphone - GIF

    Testing a fuse with a cellphone.




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    But does it work????? seems to me to be a pressure based application... Anybody having a supporting comment???

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    Never would've thought of this! Thanks!

    Crazy, but this works, yes! I've run several tests with it this evening. It'll come in handy when the phone is all I've got on me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BillCameron123 View Post
    But does it work????? seems to me to be a pressure based application... Anybody having a supporting comment???
    Phones use capacitance switches which detect the change in capacitance when the capacitance of a human is connected to the switch. (More on that subject here...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_switch

    so the human must be in electrical contact with the switch to operate it. He is if the fuse is good; if the fuse is open he's not in contact.



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