QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS

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).

Dear geoff,of course you would question Ralph's knowledge,you would win if you're right;as that puts him an a league with you. They say misery loves company. Interesting----or not

bdp24 wrote,

"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."

If fuses were not directional in AC circuits then we wouldn’t be getting all these reports of directionality. The data sheets provided on the HiFi Tuning web site contain the statement that even for AC - Resistance measurements directionality of fuses was noted. Case closed.


Geoff Kait
machina dynamics