How about an aluminum foil gum wrapper wrapped over a fuse. I've seen that.
Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Morris WA6ILQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Whale Tale for late November > At 11:43 AM 11/30/06, you wrote: > >>The question is... who's time and money should it be? > > Time and materials - you had to diagnose and repair > the customer's incompetent "repair" - they need to > replace the fuse with an identical one, not a > "better" one. > > They are paying for your demonstrated competence, > and if slow-blow fuses were better you would have > used them... You used a fast blow fuse to protect > their investment. > If they don't value the equipment they purchased from > you, and paid you to install, they can put a piece of > copper rod in place of the fuse (and yes, I've found > two of them). > > Mike >
