Hello! I have problem with fets. I used fets about few days with halogen lamps controlled by arduino and everything worked fine until my fets breaked down. They became hot and melted my breadboard. Why that hapenned? I'm sure I wired everything properly. I used 50 Watts 12 volts halogen lamps and t…

Breaking fets

E40racer March 31, 2013, 4:48pm 7

What kind of breadboard where you using? 50W @ 12V = +4A. You need some thick wires/traces for 4A.

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