Quick and free fuse tweak

A question please
Has anyone tried Teflon plumbers tape multi wrapped around the glass part of the fuse?
Could be another suitable material
Also unlike masking tape, it will not dry out, harden and lose its adhesive properties over lime.

 Cheers 

Lime =time 
big fingers, little phone key pad.

Ya know, the little damping dots by Marigo and Machina Dynamica, and the damping sheets by ASC (Wall Damp) and EAR (IsoDamp), may provide even better damping of the glass tube of fuses than does masking tape. Then there is the Synergistic Research PHT, for those who are willing to spend $99 to damp a fuse.

@richardkrebs the PTFE sounds like a good idea. I'll try it tomorrow. We used to use it on arm tubes.

On steel vs silver or gold fuses, here is my explanation on the theory of less resistance for higher end fuses.

The whole idea behind a fuse is that heat causes the conductor to melt. If the fuse is made of silver or gold vice steel, since both silver and gold have much lower melting temperatures than steel you will require less heat to melt it. Resistance causes heat, thus less resistance is required to melt the conductor. This means you must have more material for the current to flow through for a given amperage fuse. More material with better conductivity results in less resistance and better current flow through that circuit.

The only real real negative side to a silver or gold fuse is the cost you eat if the fuse blows. But if you’re blowing fuses then you probably have bigger problems.  You could probably get a similar effect with copper, which is less expensive, but has a higher melting temperature than silver and gold.