Do an experiment. I did.
For the fun of it and to see what is what..
... I swapped out the emitter resistors on a power amplifier for fuses. the theory being that if the current was too high in the one transistor, the fusing element’s resistive properties would change, or increase..like it is designed to do ---and thus enforce current sharing. This is a goodly part of what an emitter resistor is supposed to be doing. Enforced current sharing. But, not quite the same....as how a fuse would handle it.
This change (fuses for emitter resistors) would cause the worst elements of what a fuse is - to come to the fore.
Gotta be one of the most horrible sounding amplifiers I’ve ever heard. If not the worst.
If you want to hear what a fuse does, try that.
For the fun of it and to see what is what..
... I swapped out the emitter resistors on a power amplifier for fuses. the theory being that if the current was too high in the one transistor, the fusing element’s resistive properties would change, or increase..like it is designed to do ---and thus enforce current sharing. This is a goodly part of what an emitter resistor is supposed to be doing. Enforced current sharing. But, not quite the same....as how a fuse would handle it.
This change (fuses for emitter resistors) would cause the worst elements of what a fuse is - to come to the fore.
Gotta be one of the most horrible sounding amplifiers I’ve ever heard. If not the worst.
If you want to hear what a fuse does, try that.