23 May
2002
23 May
'02
4:53 p.m.
On Thu, 23 May 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
On Thu, 23 May 2002, JP Hindin wrote:
I have just now paid closer attention to the fuse I removed from the
CBM... Guess what? 1.6A 250v :)
Thanks for your advice folks, I appreciate.
I'll pick up a stack of them (In case someone decides 1.6A 250v
slow-blow fuses should go out of fashion:) and we'll see what happens.
JP
Although I'm no expert in the area, but
wouldn't that mean that if the
voltage spikes the fuse won't catch it, making the CBM just as dead as if
there was a current spike?
No, fuses don't catch voltage surges, just current surges. VAR's (a sort
of voltage-controlled resistor - a semicondutor, used in surge
protectors), are what 'absorbs' voltage spikes.
Like Tony was trying to say, the voltage rating is the maximum voltage on
which you should use the fuse.
Mouser had 1.6A 250V slow-blow fuses, Radioshack
a 0.125A 125V and 3A 125V
... I forget what Newark had.
They're all kinda close, but not quite.
1.6A 250V is about as perfect a match
as you'll get.