QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS

Good points Al. The only thing I would ad is that I myself am not comfortable installing fuses designed by someone unfamiliar with the concept of breaking capacity into my $5000 amplifier, and I am glad Roger brought the information about the Hi-Fi Tuning Fuses being inappropriate for my amp to my attention. I shared that information here for the benefit of anyone else who might have made the same mistake as Roger's customer, thinking I was doing a good thing. Joe apparently disagrees with me!

Now Geoff, could I ask you to explain how a fuse in an AC circuit can be directional? AC, you know, for Alternating Current. Ralph Karsten must have skipped that chapter in his electronics engineering books. Of course, perhaps they weren't "New Age" textbooks.

Bdp24 wrote,

"Now Geoff, could I ask you to explain how a fuse in an AC circuit can be directional? AC, you know, for Alternating Current. Ralph Karsten must have skipped that chapter in his electronics engineering books. Of course, perhaps they weren’t "New Age" textbooks."

You might consider not adopting the snarky attitude. Let me ask you a question, do you think that all of the fuse customers, you know, the ones who actually installed aftermarket fuses, reported right here on this forum hearing the difference between when the fuse was installed in the correct direction and when it was installed in the wrong direction were high on PCP? Or that there is a global conspiracy to drive pseudo skeptics crazy?

I myself am not comfortable installing fuses designed by someone unfamiliar with the concept of breaking capacity into my $5000 amplifier....

My sentiments exactly.  :-)

Best regards,
-- Al
 

I have no idea Geoff, and I am not questioning the claims of those who say they hear a difference. What I am doing is asking in all seriousness (snarking aside) how it is a fuse can possibly be directional while operating in an AC circuit. It is my (admittedly limited) understanding of Alternating Current that to do so is simply, incontrovertibly impossible. So as Jeff Bridge’s character Bad Blake in Crazy Love implored of his manager, enlighten me (and Ralph Karsten, and anyone else curious about how the well-known, understood, accepted, and time-proven properties of Alternating Current can suddenly be suspended).