Don’t worry. It’s obviously some new ill-conceived troll tactic designed to make everyone feel worried. Don’t worry. Be happy! 😛 There is no joy in Mudville today. 😥
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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For all I know it is a picture where the fuse was subjected to an overloaded condition beyond its’ ampere rating for a period of time.Believe what you want, next time you switch on a high current draw amp, see if you can see the resistive element inside the mains fuse move and bend a little. That’s why in an amp with no problems, if the old mains fuse mysteriously blows, it’s 99.999% of the time at the switch on surge Cheers George |
georgehifi George, You’re drifting from the subject. Oh well...... Try this type of slo-blo fuse in your power amp/s. It has built in wiggle room. http://download.siliconexpert.com/pdfs/2017/7/16/3/4/59/187/ech_/manual/505268968020198product-datas... Jim |
georgehifi Confused? You show a picture which sure looks like a fast acting, fast blow, fuse in a thread where the discussion is clearly about slo-blo fuses and you call me confused. Then you go on and talk about a fast acting fuse’s ability to handle high inrush current. How many power amps do you know of that use a fast acting AC Line fuse? As for the Bussmann MDQ fuse in the link I provided, that is the fuse ARC specs for the ARC tube amp I own. An MDQ4 250V slo-blo fuse. http://download.siliconexpert.com/pdfs/2017/7/16/3/4/59/187/ech_/manual/505268968020198product-datas... Regards, Jim |
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