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Using Bi-Colour Led to show state of fuse.

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Hi,

I am wishing to place a small circuit on each of my power rails between my power supply and test circuits so that I can tell when a voltage rail goes over current. I have found a circuit that I think will work nicely for the positive voltage rails, but I'm not 100% sure how to make it work for the negative voltages. Below is an example of the positive voltage circuit, the switch would be replaced by a re-settable fuse and the load would be placed between S1/R1 and ground.


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Can I reverse/change the transistors for the negative voltages or will I also need to reconfigure the bias resistors as well. If so what would be the best way to reconfigure the circuit?

Thanks in advance,
Kenneth
 

For the fun of it, I made a simulation of your circuit.

Switch off... one led glows.

Switch on... other led glows.

Screenshot with two identical circuits side by side (switch positions are different):



Changing the supply voltage only makes the led's change in brightness.
 
Thanks for the reply, I was fairly certain that the circuit would work for a positive voltage rail, my question is how to make the idea work for a negative voltage.

ps. what program did you simulate the circuit in? I like the way the current paths appear to be highlighted when active, and the leads changed colour.
 

You may consider a simpler solution without transistors.
 

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Thank you E-design for your circuit, this circuit should be perfect, it handles both the positive and negative voltages and will allow me to use either two leg or three leg bi-colour leds. All I need to do is adjust the resistor values to suit the different voltages.

Kenneth
 

kkeeley said:
ps. what program did you simulate the circuit in? I like the way the current paths appear to be highlighted when active, and the leads changed colour.
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The simulator is Falstad's interactive animated simulator. Free to download and use at www.falstad.com/circuit.

I had it create a weblink containing my entire schematic. It will open the falstad website, load my schematic into his simulator, and run it on your computer.

https://tinyurl.com/khtnuwd

The wires turn green to show positive, red to show negative.

Yellow dots travel down the wires, at a speed proportional to amperage.
 
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