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Old 11-22-2011, 05:21 PM   #5204 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MPaulHolmes View Post
The mosfets are rated for 130 amps, but that isolation material is a significant limit on their ratings. Ian Hooper in Australia was saying that he was getting them to blow up at above 50 amps each.
I remember reading his website and he was trying lower and lower gate resistance as well to get faster switching times. I don't know how his layout compares to ours, but I wonder if his mosfets died from over-voltage with the higher voltage spikes rather than from over-heating.

also, might depend on ambient temp - it's hot in australia, ya? i guess it's hot in AZ too.

as you say though, only one way to find out... thanks!
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