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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2021, 07:54:52 AM »
...if I ever brought that up at the Van Alstine forum at AC, I would get a lot of flack for  it…


Some of those guys could get into an argument over whether or not they were arguing.   :rofl:


   Good call Tom, however resistance is futile if one has actually tried some. The price seems to be the issue with the deniers.


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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2021, 09:07:09 AM »
Charles,
I think I accidentally removed your post on using a Synergistic Research Orange fuse for the power on my AVA SET 120. Are there any other fuses out there that you’d recommend, or is the SR orange the best way to go?
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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2021, 01:54:33 PM »
AMR

https://www.mcru.co.uk/product-category/diy-componants/fuses/

Thanks, Jack. I’ll take a look. With the results I’ve been getting on various tweaks recently, I’m open nowadays to trying most everything… as long as it’s reasonable 💵
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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2021, 05:43:44 PM »
Nick

I don't have any idea how it "sounds" compared to the SR fuses but it is as high up the food chain as I am willing to go for this particular tweek.  Also not a fan of giving money to SR anyway. There is also an orange colored ceramic fuse from Littelfuse that is available from Mouser that sounds good to me at $10.
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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2021, 06:46:03 PM »
Nick

I don't have any idea how it "sounds" compared to the SR fuses but it is as high up the food chain as I am willing to go for this particular tweek.  Also not a fan of giving money to SR anyway. There is also an orange colored ceramic fuse from Littelfuse that is available from Mouser that sounds good to me at $10.

Jack,
Thanks for the info on the Littelfuse. Now if I could just find that PDF I saved on the SET 120 which should list the fuse values…
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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2021, 07:59:52 PM »
Going off memory because the manuals at the other house it's 5 amp on the speakers, 8 amp on the rails and 10 amp on the IEC. I only changed the IEC fuse with an AMR because I had spares.
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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2021, 08:23:22 PM »
Nick

I don't have any idea how it "sounds" compared to the SR fuses but it is as high up the food chain as I am willing to go for this particular tweek.  Also not a fan of giving money to SR anyway. There is also an orange colored ceramic fuse from Littelfuse that is available from Mouser that sounds good to me at $10.
IIRC the audio/medical grade Littlefuse is only available in 5mm X 20mm.
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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #23 on: June 19, 2021, 01:41:34 AM »
Going off memory because the manuals at the other house it's 5 amp on the speakers, 8 amp on the rails and 10 amp on the IEC. I only changed the IEC fuse with an AMR because I had spares.

Jack, It looks like a slow blow 6A. It’s quite late and there are multiple listings for fuse ratings on the back of the chassis… for tube, ss… So it finally occurred to me that Frank must have multiple uses for this chassis.

Thank goodness I’m listening to music after futzing for a couple of hours setting up Roon core on a different iMac. But finally all is well… and quite musical 🎶  :thumb:
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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #24 on: June 19, 2021, 01:53:45 AM »
Nick

I don't have any idea how it "sounds" compared to the SR fuses but it is as high up the food chain as I am willing to go for this particular tweek.  Also not a fan of giving money to SR anyway. There is also an orange colored ceramic fuse from Littelfuse that is available from Mouser that sounds good to me at $10.
IIRC the audio/medical grade Littlefuse is only available in 5mm X 20mm.

It’s a user friendly fuse location and I’ll pull it out of there tomorrow morning to see what size it is. Not messing with fuses this late at night…or should I say early morning 😳
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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #25 on: June 19, 2021, 08:51:05 AM »
Going off memory because the manuals at the other house it's 5 amp on the speakers, 8 amp on the rails and 10 amp on the IEC. I only changed the IEC fuse with an AMR because I had spares.

Jack, It looks like a slow blow 6A. It’s quite late and there are multiple listings for fuse ratings on the back of the chassis… for tube, ss… So it finally occurred to me that Frank must have multiple uses for this chassis.

Thank goodness I’m listening to music after futzing for a couple of hours setting up Roon core on a different iMac. But finally all is well… and quite musical 🎶  :thumb:

6.25A  250V slow blow  it appears to measure 6mm x 32 mm
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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #26 on: June 19, 2021, 12:10:15 PM »
That is the 1/4in x 1-1/4in style slow blow fuse with glass tube if you cannot find it by metric size.

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Re: Cheap Fuses and Nano Donuts
« Reply #27 on: June 19, 2021, 09:36:03 PM »
That is the 1/4in x 1-1/4in style slow blow fuse with glass tube if you cannot find it by metric size.

Thanks for confirming that, Rich. I will be searching tonight to see what’s available in that size.
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