as long as it meets rating it's good. the longetivity or built quality may differ.
- ...
- 19 posts total
| Post removed |
Hi Nick, I suspect that the original fuse was a Cooper Bussmann MDL-2-R, for which the manufacturer's datasheet is shown here. Does that appear to be correct? And what is the manufacturer's part number of the replacement you ordered? That number should be indicated on the catalog page of the distributor you ordered it from. It should then be possible to find the manufacturer's datasheet for that part number, and compare the technical specifications of the two fuses. Without comparing the specific technical data, I don't know what the differences are between the MDL and ADL series. Based on a quick search, I couldn't find any relevant information about ADL types. To address the more general questions, the major manufacturers of standard fuses, such as Cooper Bussmann and Littlefuse, provide detailed technical info in the datasheets that are available at their websites. I haven't had occasion to make any comparisons between their specs for similar fuse types, but I would expect that for similar fuse types made by the major manufacturers some spec differences would exist, but they would be minor. I would not expect the same to necessarily be true in other cases. I have seen a number of posts here in the past indicating that users have found some Radio Shack slow blows to act more like fast blows. And concerning audiophile-oriented fuses, I second Elizabeth's earlier comments. Concerning substituting slow blows for fast blows and vice versa, obviously substitution of a slow blow for a fast blow will compromise protection to some degree, while substitution of a fast blow for a slow blow may result in frequent blows that are unnecessary. Best regards, -- Al |
Al thanks for the input. After some quick research I found the data sheet for the ADL fuse, it is from Conquer here is the data sheet. So the question now is, what aspect of the data must be compared? Thanks again |
- 19 posts total