thanks for the tip. also thanks to all of you who gave me links to buy fuses. amazingly, i finally found the one i needed, but balked at ordering a hundred of them.. i got a new powersupply from new egg this morning. the old one is a paperweight. back to slimserver stuff now...
t ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl W. Irving" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Slim Devices Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [slim] OT: fuse question > I hate to be a party pooper but my experience is that when a switching > power supply blows the protection fuse, it often is a sign that > something pretty terminal has happened to the power supply itself. I > don't mean to discourage you from replacing the fuse with another -- but > don't be too surprised if the new one blows instantly (meaning that the > PSU is toast). > > Cheers, > Cwi > > > > > Craig wrote: > > > > > thnmnt wrote: > > > >> my power supply has just experienced an electrical event which has > >> blown its fuse. (enermax 485 watt noisetaker) the fuse is a 5mm x > >> 20mm glass and i believe, from the markings, it's a 10amp 250v. i'm > >> having a terrible time trying to find a replacement for this (new > >> york city) as radio shack doesn't carry them. can anyone tell me a) > >> if this is a fast acting/slow burn/time delay etc... fuse and b) > >> where i might be able to buy/order these? my local computer repair > >> shop just shrugged at me and told me to replace the power supply :/ > >> > >> to keep this vaguely on topic - this is the machine that runs my > >> slimserver so i'm tuneless at the moment!! > >> > >> thank you! > >> > >> --t > > > > If it's the voltage rating that's making it difficult to obtain then > > don't worry about it, It's the current rating that's important. If you > > can only get a 110V 10A fuse then it will be the same. > > Also a T in the current rating designates a time delay or slow blow > > fuse ie. T10A=10A slow, 10A= 10A normal. > > > > Craig > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
