Picture the scene:
PSU - Transformer secondary connected to bridge rectifier connected to smoothing capacitor connected to load.
Question - what happens if a tin whisker grows between the smoothing capacitor positive and negative terminals, creating a short circuit.
Does the tin whisker, due to its miniscule size, simply act like a fuse and blow, which clears the short circuit?
PSU - Transformer secondary connected to bridge rectifier connected to smoothing capacitor connected to load.
Question - what happens if a tin whisker grows between the smoothing capacitor positive and negative terminals, creating a short circuit.
Does the tin whisker, due to its miniscule size, simply act like a fuse and blow, which clears the short circuit?