On Mar 21, 5:11 pm, "Richard Fry" wrote:
Would any poster in this thread who doesn't "believe in" reflected
power kindly explain how a transmission line can fail upstream of a
serious mismatch anywhere along the the length of that line. If that
doesn't result from the sum of forward and reflected voltage/current,
then (IYO) what is the reason such failures?

Don't think that this doesn't occur. I've seen it many times, and had
to find and replace the molten and arced-over components that
resulted.

RF

You pose a phonomenon that should be added to the list that
needs to be explained without the use of "reverse power".

And you have done an excellent job of doing so by providing
an explanation that refers only to forward and reflected
voltage and current. Not a mention of "reverse power" in
the explanation..

....Keith