I may have misspoken. It was the Audio Magic fuses that I tried that blew too early.
Only mistake I made this year....
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Only mistake I made this year....
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Audio Horizons fuses.... won’t buy them again...
I get the program Geoff loud and clear. What isn't clear because it hasn't been made clear is when the warranty clock started and when the fuses blew other than immediately upon installation. Bottom line is IF the tube purchased is the same value as what is specified by the manufacturer why is it failing so early but MOST important to the point I attempted to make, did Mr. Chow even inquire or ask questions or was it no problem, ship them back and I'll "repair" them at 70.00 each plus shipping. The fuse blew when installed. Clearly this is more than about warranties. What don't you get about that? |
leog2015 OP Like I said earlier, jea48 More than likely the two fuses blew due to high inrush current when you first turned on the amps that particular day. The high inrush current event is caused by the DC power supply charging the electrolytic caps. Do the Amps have a soft start circuit? If not each amp could draw well over 50 amps for an instant when you first flipped the power switch on. Did you wait a few seconds before turning on the second amp? If not you may have created a voltage surge on the mains power utility transformer feeding your home. At any rate I would say again the OEM fuses more than likely have a longer, lag, delay, time for inrush current before settling back to normal than AH fuses do. That is what a slow blow is made for. The worse thing you could do is increase the ampere rating of the fuse to a higher size. That will affect the overload protection for the equipment it is meant to protect. . |
tubegroover I get the program Geoff loud and clear. What isn’t clear because it hasn’t been made clear is when the warranty clock started and when the fuses blew other than immediately upon installation. Bottom line is IF the tube purchased is the same value as what is specified by the manufacturer why is it failing so early but MOST important to the point I attempted to make, did Mr. Chow even inquire or ask questions or was it no problem, ship them back and I’ll "repair" them at 70.00 each plus shipping. The fuse blew when installed. Clearly this is more than about warranties. What don’t you get about that? Whatever. |