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Re: PTC Help
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 12/25/2001

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Simply put, a PTC is a "Positive temperature coefficient" resistor ie. as the temperature rises so does its resitance and current flow drops and voltage measured at the input rises. The most common Au... Login to read more.