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Audio Horizons fuses.... won’t buy them again...

I’ve bought 5 Audio Horizons Platinum fuses a couple of months ago, for my amps, speakers and DAC.
Three days ago, coincidentially, the 5A fuses on my mono amps (Rogue Apollos), blew at the same time on start up. Replaced them with the OEM fuses, and everything works again.
I have a very good electrical installation, with independent lines for each amp, a no surges or anything strange occurred. My speakers, Evolution Acoustics MM3s are always ON, and nothing happened to the fuses on them.
I emailed Joseph Chow inmediately and his response was to send the fuses back to him (at my cost, I live in Ecuador...), to repair them for $70/each, plus shipping.
I have paid $138 for each fuse in October, and no warranty?... what a shame!!!
Won’t buy these fuses again, NEVER!!!
leog2015
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geoffkait
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Georgehifi
You can search for the origins, as I posted these up years ago, when all this fuse snake oil started.

Uh, George, aftermarket fuses came out almost 20 years ago. You know, when you were just starting to shave.
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geoffkait
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Don’t worry. It’s obviously some new ill-conceived troll tactic designed to make everyone feel worried. Don’t worry. Be happy! 😛 There is no joy in Mudville today. 😥
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For all I know it is a picture where the fuse was subjected to an overloaded condition beyond its’ ampere rating for a period of time.
Believe what you want, next time you switch on a high current draw amp, see if you can see the resistive element inside the mains fuse move and bend a little.
That’s why in an amp with no problems, if the old mains fuse mysteriously blows, it’s 99.999% of the time at the switch on surge

Cheers George
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