I will differ with Fred - the fuse should be mounted close to the power supply - you are protecting the wire, and not the radio.. There could be a fault in the wire (actually more likely than a fault in the radio), and a fuse at the power supply end will trip - think about a fuse at the radio end and a short in the wire near the mid-point - the wire itself may act as the fuse unless the power supply shuts down due to overcurrent protection first.
73, Don W3FPR On 3/9/2012 10:13 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > On 3/9/2012 6:37 PM, Lee Buller wrote: > 3. Should the fuse(s) be mounted at the radio or at the power supply? > Currently, mine are right at the power supply. > Doesn't really matter ... unless things in your configuration are going > to move. If things move, shorts can happen in many places. You really > want the short to happen "after" the fuse, so I'd put it as close to the > power supply as possible, just on general principles. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
