[chbot] 4A Blade Fuse

[Spencer Travers]

Thanks for all the suggestions. In the end I made an online order and I am
now the proud owner of 20 (well, 19 now) 4A blade fuses. So, if anyone
needs a 4A blade fuse, I'm your man!

If this was my amp I would definitely modify it to use glass fuses.

Spencer


On Wed, 18 May 2022, 19:29 Henri Shustak, <henri.shustak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Again, those glass housed fuses are normally rated to way past 240V and
> the 4A variety are easy to find.
>
> Hope this is helpful. If you need a hand sourcing any of this feel free to
> reach out.
>
> Henri
>
> > On 15/05/2022, at 9:10 AM, Spencer Travers <spencer.travers at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Oddly enough it's a fuse in a PA amplifier with a 100V transformer
> output. The fuse is PCB mounted and sits on the DC power rail after the
> rectifier circuit.
> >
> > Good point about tolerances. Unfortunately the venue this is installed
> in had a fire in the past so I am reluctant to replace the fuse with
> something different even if the risk is very low.
> >
> > Spencer
> >
> > On Sat, 14 May 2022, 23:50 Robin Gilks, <gb7ipd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Since the tolerance of this type of fuse is pretty wide (I would expect
> -30%/+50%) then I'm sure 3A or 5A would be fine.
> > In a car, 95% usage of a fuse is to protect the wiring from that monster
> supplier of amps called a battery so very rarely is the value critical (I'd
> go for 5A personally!)
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 6:56 PM Spencer Travers <
> spencer.travers at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone in Christchurch have a 4A automotive blade fuse in their
> parts bin? Or know where I can get some locally? If you do it would save me
> a mail order. Seems like an unusual value and few places have it.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Spencer
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