Obviously, no storms, surges, nothing strange happened.
Audio Horizons fuses.... won’t buy them again...
I’ve bought 5 Audio Horizons Platinum fuses a couple of months ago, for my amps, speakers and DAC.
Three days ago, coincidentially, the 5A fuses on my mono amps (Rogue Apollos), blew at the same time on start up. Replaced them with the OEM fuses, and everything works again.
I have a very good electrical installation, with independent lines for each amp, a no surges or anything strange occurred. My speakers, Evolution Acoustics MM3s are always ON, and nothing happened to the fuses on them.
I emailed Joseph Chow inmediately and his response was to send the fuses back to him (at my cost, I live in Ecuador...), to repair them for $70/each, plus shipping.
I have paid $138 for each fuse in October, and no warranty?... what a shame!!!
Won’t buy these fuses again, NEVER!!!
Three days ago, coincidentially, the 5A fuses on my mono amps (Rogue Apollos), blew at the same time on start up. Replaced them with the OEM fuses, and everything works again.
I have a very good electrical installation, with independent lines for each amp, a no surges or anything strange occurred. My speakers, Evolution Acoustics MM3s are always ON, and nothing happened to the fuses on them.
I emailed Joseph Chow inmediately and his response was to send the fuses back to him (at my cost, I live in Ecuador...), to repair them for $70/each, plus shipping.
I have paid $138 for each fuse in October, and no warranty?... what a shame!!!
Won’t buy these fuses again, NEVER!!!
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Obviously, no storms, surges, nothing strange happened.As for voltage surges how would you know? Not all voltage surges are caused by storms. I notice the input voltage rating for the amps is 115Vac. What is the avg mains AC voltage at your residence? Is it stable or does it fluctuate? Does it ever get above 126V? What was the voltage at the mains power receptacle outlets the day you powered up the amps and the AH fuses blew? I doubt if you know...... Who checks such things. Am I defending the Audio Horizons fuses? NO. Just giving the guy at AH the benefit of doubt. Just a guess the 5 amp OEM slow blow fuses that came with the amps have a longer lag, delay, time than the AH fuses. If the amps are still under manufacture warranty you might want to check with the manufacture about using aftermarket fuses in the amp, in place of the OEM fuses that is spec’d by the manufacture. Especially tube amps. Use of any other than Rogue Audio factory parts may void this warranty.http://www.rogueaudio.com/documents/ApolloManual.pdf |
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