first of all, $25 for a fuse is insane. second of all, if the sales rep suggested you use a higher value fuse than you needed, then this company doesn't know s&%t about how a fuse works or what a fuse does. thanks for the heads up, i'll be 100% certain to not waste my money on this tweak.
Isoclean Fuse
Recently, I purchased an Isoclean fuse for my ARC VT100 MkII. The value of the fuse for the amp from ARC, is 6.25A / slo-blo type.
When ordering the Isoclean fuse the sales person informed me that Isolclean doesn't have the exact value of 6.25, so I should go up to the next fuse value of 7A (they either had a 6A or 7A).
When I installed the new fuse, what I noticed (and I don't know if this has anything to do with the new fuse) is that the bias of the amp dropped severly (from right at 130mV, down to around 88mV). After installing the new fuse I rebiased the amp but I couldn't get the amp back to 130mV. The best I could get was around 127mV, and this was with the trim pot turned up all the way. (Please note that all biasing was done after letting the amp warm up, with no music playing, for a minimum of 30 minuetes).
Just to check, I removed the Isoclean fuse and inserted the original fuse. Now, the amp showed a bias of 145mV, which I was able to lower back to the proper 130mV setting.
My questions are:
1) Is it OK to substitute a fuse value of 7A for one that is supposed to be 6.25A?
2) Would putting the 7A fuse in the amp cause the amp's bias problem?
3) Are there any other problems that may occur by installing the wrong value fuse?
Any remarks / recommendations that you can make will be appreciated.
When ordering the Isoclean fuse the sales person informed me that Isolclean doesn't have the exact value of 6.25, so I should go up to the next fuse value of 7A (they either had a 6A or 7A).
When I installed the new fuse, what I noticed (and I don't know if this has anything to do with the new fuse) is that the bias of the amp dropped severly (from right at 130mV, down to around 88mV). After installing the new fuse I rebiased the amp but I couldn't get the amp back to 130mV. The best I could get was around 127mV, and this was with the trim pot turned up all the way. (Please note that all biasing was done after letting the amp warm up, with no music playing, for a minimum of 30 minuetes).
Just to check, I removed the Isoclean fuse and inserted the original fuse. Now, the amp showed a bias of 145mV, which I was able to lower back to the proper 130mV setting.
My questions are:
1) Is it OK to substitute a fuse value of 7A for one that is supposed to be 6.25A?
2) Would putting the 7A fuse in the amp cause the amp's bias problem?
3) Are there any other problems that may occur by installing the wrong value fuse?
Any remarks / recommendations that you can make will be appreciated.
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