Brent Purdy

Product Manager for Power & Circuit Protection at AutomationDirect.com
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Figure 1: Traditional power distribution designs might use independent fuses and power distribution blocks, but this Cooper Bussmann combination unit from AutomationDirect consolidates both functions into a single small-footprint component.
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