Re: Slow blow fuse vs no slow burn fuse

rob046 wrote:
On Sep 24, 6:59 pm, someotherguy
<someotherguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:57:02 -0700 (PDT), ttheoh...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello,
I am a newbie can I just put a regular 4 amp fuse purchased from an
auto store in place of a slow blow 4 amp fuse?
Thanks
Nope...just mosey down to Radio Shack and get the correct fuses (and check
what's supposed to be in there, never go by what size fuse you pulled out as
people often put in the wrong ones.) That's about all Radio Shack is good for
anymore.

Richard

I've been wondering about the opposite. My manuals don't state "slow
blo" or regular fuses, just the amps. Then I read on clays guides
that on the old bally I'm messing with a couple of the fuses are slow
blo and the rest are not. As for what was in there when I got the
pins, a couple fuses were incorrect amps, not sure if any or most of
them are originals, some do look like they are orignal.

So my question is, can you use a slo blow fuse, same amps, in place of
a regular fuse? According to the diagram in my manual, the 15a and
20a fuses have those huge thick wires in them that indicate slo blow,
but clays guides says these fuses shouldn't be slo blow. Thus, I
still don't know if my fuses are all figured out. The amps are right,
just not sure about the slo blow or regular fuse thing. Also my
manual states all but one of the fuses need to be 32v, but I can't
even find 32v for many of the different amps. I heard 250v is fine in
place of 32v, but I'm not positive.


Quite fuse guide:

32V vs 250V fuse - never use a 32V fuse on a circuit with higher voltage as the fuse can 'flash-over' and continue to conduct negating the safety feature of a fuse blowing. Spectacular fire potential...

As for slo-blow vs regular fuses, if you are not sure (it doesn't SAY SLO-BLOW) then ONLY use a fast blow. Slow blows can allow surges that fast blows would open at saving your equipment from meltdown. On oloder games the only places that slow blows were used was normally on bank resets where they used a small value fuse and made it slow blow so it would handle the surge but would fail if the coil remained energized. Again - if it does not say Slo-Blow do not install one!!!

John :-#)#
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