Fuses fuses fuses

Hi Al,

Don’t know, but I suspect you were simply caught up in flurry of the argument and thus the generalization. Can’t imagine anyone calling you irrational.

George on the other hand, is the poster child.

Dave

That's one of the primary functions of those silver type contact enhancers to fill in any micro gaps and establish a better more uniform contact surface between Mr. fuse and the fuse holder. I also suspect the silver plated fuse holder might have a smoother surface than a generic fuse holder but not completely sure about that. Better safe than sorry, just use the contact enhancer with the silver plated fuse holder. Why take chances?

almarg7,343 posts07-12-2017 7:02amCareful, George! You may find yourself accused of being "irrational," as I appear to have been in the second post following my previous post :-)

Best regards,
-- Al

Let them accuse Al, and we can both be called "flat earthers"
This "Tech Talk" forum and is for technical talk, I see nothing here that resembles this.
Maybe it should be moved to a new forum heading for things like this, called "Things we can't explain"

Cheers George

Georgehifi
Maybe it should be moved to a new forum heading for things like this, called "Things we can't explain"

Well, at least "Things you and Al can't explain," anyway.

Hello Bob.

There are fuses that are made to be soldered in, they look like resistors, and don't cost much. I use them on conservatively rated power supplies for exactly this reason. You can buy them from DigiKey - search for fuses, 'through hole' under the column 'mounting type'. I think the smallest they sell is 1/16 amp, the biggest is 20 or so.

If you don't blow fuses much, it's a good solution.