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bbradburry(at)bellsouth.n
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 8:55 am Post subject: Artex ME406

The instructions call for a 1/4 amp slo blo fuse.  Any ideas as to where to

source this item?



Bill B

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nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net
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Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:34 am Post subject: Artex ME406

At 12:52 PM 5/5/2008 -0400, you wrote:



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  The instructions call for a 1/4 amp slo blo fuse.  Any ideas as to where to

source this item?


	


   http://www.elexp.com/fus_0mdl.htm



   Bob . . .

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Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject: Artex ME406

Thanks, Bob.

I will have to look around in there a little.  They have a $20 min order and

my fuse and holder is only about $1.35.



Bill B 



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nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:41 am Post subject: Artex ME406

At 09:09 PM 5/6/2008 -0400, you wrote:



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Thanks, Bob.

I will have to look around in there a little.  They have a $20 min order and

my fuse and holder is only about $1.35.



Bill B


	


   Okay. Consider the fuse offerings at Radio Shack. That "1/4A

   Slo-Blo" citation is somewhat arcane. It has the look and

   smell of some attempt to protect internals of a product

   for the consequences of failure of internal components.

   It's poor etiquette to push such a task off on the

   installer/owner of a product.



   I cannot imagine the physics that makes a 1/4A-SB fuse

   so attractive. I'd be willing to bet that a perfectly

   ordinary 1A device would do just as well and be MUCH

   easier to find.



   If it were my installation, I'd go with a 1A standard

   fast blow and see if I get any nuisance tripping. Radio

   Shack can fix you up with fuses at attractive over-the-

   counter prices.



   Bob . . .

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:05 am Post subject: Artex ME406

JFTR: The only thing powered through this fuse is an LED.



Thanks!



Bill Denton

bdenton(at)bdenton.com



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earl_schroeder(at)juno.co
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:22 am Post subject: Artex ME406

-- "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net> wrote:



   I cannot imagine the physics that makes a 1/4A-SB fuse

   so attractive. I'd be willing to bet that a perfectly

   ordinary 1A device would do just as well and be MUCH

   easier to find.



Hi Bob,



When working for GE Plastics, we used 1/4A SB fuses in all the 24VDC process control loops [4-20ma].  Perhaps the primary reason was to negate the trip up or down multiple floors to the control room to replace a fuse we inadvertently blew when the screwdriver slipped a bit.  



The original design was for regular fuses but they were quickly replaced to save steps and time... the loop wiring was 18ga twisted Beldon always run in metal conduit.  In the 30+ years of employment, I never saw a fault in the wiring that actually required a fuse.  A few defective amplifiers did pop the fuse however [used in flow, level, pressure & temp control].



Earl

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