Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses.

Bdp24 wrote,

"To make sense, the maker of fuses claimed to be directional would have to have either:

1- Manufactured the wire used in his fuses (having control over the manufacturing would facilitate him keeping track of the directional properties of that wire. Do any of the audiophile fuse makers claim to manufacture the wire they use in their fuses?)"

Excellent, excellent! Did you just take some smart pills or something? Of course the fuse manufacturer would have to keep track of the wire in terms of the correct direction and ensure that the correct direction is maintained throughout the whole manufacturing process. It sounds complicated but it’s actually not and fuse manufacturers - just like cable manufacturers - have been doing just that twenty years. Hel-looo! PS the fuse manufacturers don’t actually have to manufacture the wire. All they would have to do is check for directionality when the big spool of wire arrives. Then the directionality of the wire for the rest of the entire spool is known. Of course, some fuse manufacturers might produce their own wire, who knows? But it wouldn’t matter, the methodology would be the same.

geoff the genius educating all,how nice

So there ARE (not shouting, but my 'puter doesn't offer italicization) bulk wire manufacturers (specifically the ones from whom the fuse makers claiming directionality get their wire) who offer direction-orientated wire, and indicate the "flow" direction of the wire on their spools? I don't suppose one such wire maker can be cited? 

bdp24

"So there ARE (not shouting, but my ’puter doesn’t offer italicization) bulk wire manufacturers (specifically the ones from whom the fuse makers claiming directionality get their wire) who offer direction-orientated wire, and indicate the "flow" direction of the wire on their spools? I don’t suppose one such wire maker can be cited?"

recall from HiFi Tuning data sheets wire measures differently, albeit slightly, in one direction vs the other.Thus all the fuse manufacturer has to do is to cut the first small section of wire off the spool and measure the voltage drop across the wire, both ways. Voila! And if the fuse manufacturer makes his own wire he can see how the wire comes off the final die. So he just tags the wire to keep track of the direction. It’s not rocket science. I just saved you a phone call to a fuse manufacturer. Besides, we already know all wire is directional. 

Psssst wrote,

"geoff the genius educating all,how nice"

well, and I hate to judge too quickly, not all


:-)