Bourns Adds to its POWrFuse™ High-Power Fuse Product Family with Three Industrial Model Series

New Bourns® POWrFuse™ High-Power Fuse models are designed to meet UL 248-14 standard offering extreme ambient temperature, fault current event protection

RIVERSIDE, Calif., July 6, 2022 - Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, today announced it has added three new model series to its POWrFuse™ High-Power Fuse product family. The POWrFuse™ Model PF-G (63 A), PF-J and PF-H (Ind) series are specifically designed to meet the requirements of UL 248-14 while Model PF-G (90 A) is designed to meet both the requirements of UL 248-14 and the UL 248-1 standard. These capabilities help protect systems from extreme ambient temperatures and fault current events making the latest POWrFuse™ series ideal for a wide range of home appliance and industrial applications.

The Bourns® POWrFuse™ PF-G series offers available 500 VAC (90 A) and 600 VAC (63 A) ratings, and up to a 2 kA interrupting rating. The POWrFuse™ PF-H series (Ind) features up to a 12 A current rating with up to a 100 kA interrupting rating and is available in ferrule or PCB mounting options. The POWrFuse™ PF-J series has models available with 30 to 70 A / 500 VAC ratings and up to a 2 kA interrupting rating. All three new series deliver an operating temperature range of -55 to +125 °C and offer fast-acting protection under fault current, low resistance and power loss.

The Bourns® POWrFuse™ model PF-G, PF-J and PF-H (Ind) series are available now and are RoHS compliant* and halogen free**. For more detailed product series information, please see: www.bourns.com/products/fuses/powrfuse-high-power-fuses

About Bourns

Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of position and speed sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic components, microelectronic modules, panel controls and resistive products. Headquartered in Riverside, California, USA, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including automotive, industrial, consumer, communications, medical (low/medium risk)***, audio and various other market segments. Additional company and product information is available at www.bourns.com.

Bourns® and the Bourns logo are registered trademarks of Bourns, Inc. and may be used only with the permission of Bourns and proper acknowledgement. Other listed names and brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

"POWrFuse" is a trademark of Bourns, Inc.

*RoHS Directive 2015/863, Mar 31, 2015 and Annex.

**Bourns considers a product to be "halogen free" if (a) the Bromine (Br) content is 900 ppm or less; (b) the Chlorine (Cl) content is 900 ppm or less; and (c) the total Bromine (Br) and Chlorine (Cl) content is 1500 ppm or less.

***Bourns® products have not been designed for and are not intended for use in "lifesaving," "life-critical" or "life-sustaining" applications nor any other applications where failure or malfunction of the Bourns® product may result in personal injury or death. See Legal Disclaimer Notice www.bourns.com/docs/legal/disclaimer.pdf