What direction should Hi Fi tune fuse be installed


What direction should Hi Fi Tuning fuses be installed? They have a little arrow and I would think it would point the direction of AC flow but maybe it points to the AC source?? SEEMS to sound better that way. I know someone will say put it the way it sound better but i have 3 fuses here. That is 6 possible ways. Not in the mood for that. The arrow must mean somethuing. What about Furutech? Thoughts welcome. keith
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Well, actually, no there isn't in that which way DOES AC current flow again exactly? Both ways I think. That is why it is called alternating current. So there is no direction even in which to align anything.

So that means you can choose to try both ways and pick whichever you like best for whatever reason.

No wonder people like these things. They give you something to think about and you can NEVER be wrong!

Gotta love that....
There are two points of interest, at least to me and some others, in the quoted review. First, there are differences in the resulting sound depending upon orientation. Okay, granted that's subjective. But what isn't in this hobby of ours? Second, there was less line noise when measured with the orientation of the fuse along current flow within the circuit.

I'm not trying to be argumentative here.
"Second, there was less line noise when measured with the orientation of the fuse along current flow within the circuit.Second, there was less line noise when measured with the orientation of the fuse along current flow within the circuit."

It's alternating current folks. There IS no direction of current flow to align with.

That's the basic fallacy of directional fuses that people who want to believe choose to ignore, whatever their findings may be. So there would seem to be no way to know which direction is correct, although in this case the writer at least cites some measurements made, FWIW.

One accounting in a blog should not be taken for more than its worth, though those looking to build a case surely will.

"So there would seem to be no way to know which direction is correct, although in this case the writer at least cites some measurements made, FWIW."

Even worse...there IS no direction with AC current, so there CANNOT be a correct or incorrect one.
Mapman, how many times must you recite your mantra? If there is a difference with a change of the fuse's direction, this doesn't matter. We don't care that you are hung up on alternating cables. Why do you think all manufacturers run the "hot" to the input wire of the ac transformer and then to the circuit and the neutral to the return?

But if it sound different with changes of the fuse direction, it is real and we don't care what you think.