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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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tbg
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Tonywinsc, Mapleshade use to make power cords that had ribbons whose draw was one way for the hot and the reverse for the neutral. I still have some somewhere in my boxes. Other companies copied them. Kondo use to make both silver and copper wire with the draw known. Synergistic Research zaps their fuses on their Tesla coil and does so both ways.
frogman
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Tonywinsc, in the case of the Monster IC's (and most similar IC's) directionality as shown by the arrows has to do with the fact that the shield is only connected (grounded) at one end and not the other. I think we are talking about something else as concerns fuses.
tonywinsc
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Yes, I know. I was just sharing an antidotal story about my discovery of the impact of subtle things on the quality of the sound.
frogman
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Thanks for explaining. I have had many similar experiences over the years and all those subtle things can add up to something truly significant.
Regards.
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geoffkait
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Al, thanks, I did see that when read the post again, please don't take my comments to heart too much. If memory serves the reason for Bryon's rant was something I said in the thread you quoted from. I like Bryon and he definitely has a way with words.

Geoff
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