Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse?

Ya gotta love the "90-Day Upgrade Program."  Instead of upgrading my amplifiers, I should of just upgraded my fuses.  I never even knew my gear had "bottle neck distortion" so thank goodness there is a remedy.  I like how they put an arrow on each fuse  - "insuring directionality."  Imagine a new career path in the fuse direction-selection department, right next door to the body shop where they choose colors and paint arrows.  I hope $2,844 is enough to cover costs.

I thought I heard/saw it all until I read “bottle neck distortion.”  PT Barnum would be very proud. 

However if you want to live dangerously, and your circuit breaker is up to the job, you can always try to substitute a 13 amp fuse for a 3/5 amp one.

Yeah, we've covered why this idea and also the idea of "soldering a straight wire instead of a fuse" is a completely BAD idea in another thread.  The problem here is putting a 13A fuse in a preamp type device that normally has a 1-2A fuse.  The transformer and power supply may never pull 13A of current even if there is a short somewhere in the circuit.  This means that the device will not necessarily pop the main 15A house circuit breaker and will constantly be a current drain that can heat the device internals to a point where it can cause a fire.  That is the primary reason why fuses/circuit breakers need to be sized carefully.

I had a lot more respect for Clement Perry before it turns out he doesn't even know about directionality.

Probably never noticed the little strip of whatever stuck on the outside. We've got some stuff we could stick on there do the same thing, don't we, Frank? 😉

Check out The Emperor’s New Fuse. It’s comes with a can of compressed Audiophile Air.