Any suggestions on an inline fuse for Lipo powered Mote

Started by noch, October 10, 2016, 10:44:45 AM

noch

Hello,

I finished up my first Mote last night and will be powering it using a 1s lipo.  My external circuit is on a proto board and that just makes me nervous as I don't want to ironically burn the house down while creating gadgets to let me know if I am burning the house down...

I believe something like what is pictured below would do the trick but I can't seem to fine them anywhere, only the larger inline fuses. 

Any suggestions?



noch

Ah, perfect.  I was having a difficult time finding them, thanks! 

Any suggestions on what amperage fuse to get?  My project is all fairly low power: Moteino with RFM69HW, cheap PIR sensor, and a TSL2561 breakout (.6mA max).

Looks like the PICO fuses come in: 0.062, 0.125, 0.2, 0.25, 0.375, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 2A

Thanks.

steve v

A 0.25 Amp fuse should be fine. This will enable you to transmit continuously. With a 150ma transmitter and have no issues.

The  0.25Amps at 3.3 V  would require some sensitive  Kindling to start a flame.

perky

You could look at polyfuse (self resetting) fuses for this.
Mark.