Many applications today, including industrial machinery, power tools and other high current equipment, use limiting inrush current as a major design consideration to combat the problematic effects of ...

Primary concerns with battery-operated devices include battery protection from inrush and short circuit currents caused by connected load, and load protection from voltage spikes when battery load ...

CARSON CITY, NV--(Marketwired - Aug 11, 2014) - Ametherm today announced that its SURGE-GARD™ series of NTC inrush current limiting thermistors, recently acquired by Ametherm from Measurement ...

CARSON CITY, NV--(Marketwired - Jun 24, 2014) - Ametherm today announced that global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation is now stocking the company's SURGE-GARD™ series of NTC ...

Ametherm has acquired the SURGE-GARD inrush current limiter product line, formerly manufactured by RTI Electronics, from Measurement Specialties Inc. Ametherm has acquired the SURGE-GARD inrush ...

CARSON CITY, NV--(Marketwired - Mar 4, 2015) - Ametherm today announced its product lineup for the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) 2015, taking place March 15-19 in ...

Inrush currents associated with motor starting and transformer energizing can cause interaction problems with other loads in a facility or on the power system, particularly sags that trip loads.

Rectifiers and ac-dc power supplies employ large bulk capacitors. During power-up, these capacitors require a large amount of current to charge up, resulting in a large inrush current. This inrush ...