Bogdan, Yes, someone did make this. I used it many years ago (>7, <15). The fuse holder body was the common piece, and the knob was the fuse carrier, which you could get to fit each type of fuse. It was also touch-proof, (you couldn't unscrew the knob an stick your finger in and touch the live fuse). Wow, how did that term even come back to me? Anyway, I forget who made it, but it may have been a British company, maybe even an obscure one. If you throw some names at me it may come back.
Best regards, Stephen C. Phillips >Date: 22 Oct 1997 08:32:40 -0400 >From: "DouglasScott" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: Re[2]: Concerning Fuses >To: [email protected] >Cc: "emc-pstc" <[email protected]> >X-Mailer: Mail*Link SMTP-MS 3.0.2 >Sender: [email protected] >Reply-To: "DouglasScott" <[email protected]> >X-Resent-To: Multiple Recipients <[email protected]> >X-Info: Help requests to [email protected] >X-Info: [Un]Subscribe requests to [email protected] >X-Moderator-Address: [email protected] > >Bogdan, > >Seems to me I saw that type of fuseholder once a long time ago. Can't recall where and don't know whatever happened to it. > >As for me, I just use 5x20 mm fuses everywhere. I provide spares in spares kits to field service types. As we ship world wide, we stopped having problems once we switched and included them in the spares kits. > >Scott >[email protected] >___________________________________________________________________________ ____ >From: [email protected] on Tue, Oct 21, 1997 6:10 PM >Subject: Re[2]: Concerning Fuses >To: [email protected]; Farnsworth,Heber > > I heard that both fuses are acceptable if they are arranged in series, > i.e. UL/CSA 1.25x0.25 and IEC 5x20, in the hope that the fuse with the > politically correct characteristics will blow in the appropriate > region. > This gave me a crazy idea, which could reduce the cost of compliance, > namely mount the fuseholders in a fashion where the footprints of the > fuses would cross, i.e. either one could be placed in the proper > holder, but not both at the same time. > Is this idea worthy of being patented? > Bogdan. > [email protected] > > P.S.: All appropriate and legal disclaiamers apply!! > > >______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ >Subject: RE: Concerning Fuses >Author: "Farnsworth,Heber" <[email protected]> at Internet >Date: 10/20/97 5:45 PM > > >It is true that UL/CSA fuses have different fuse characteristics than >European fuses, and are not interchangeable (lengthy discussion left >out.) However, either can be used and either will protect if used >correctly. >UL does "Recognize" some brands of European-style fuses. Check with your >test house(s) to see what they'll accept. > >The potential problem is availability of replacement fuses: American >fuses are not widely available in Europe, and 5x20 mm fuses are scarce >in the US. Worse, there are some 5x20 mm fuses in America built to >UL/CSA fuse curves; somebody's bad idea. > ---------- >From: Rick Busche >To: [email protected] >Subject: Concerning Fuses >Date: Monday, October 20, 1997 6:46AM > >I have a product which uses clip-in fuses on the primary side of a power >supply card. In order for this supply to be used in the US and European >markets I am looking for a fuse solution compatible with all regulatory >requirements. It is my understanding that UL/CSA require different >performance characteristics than found in the 5mm European styles. > >1. Can US fuses be used to meet the regularly requirement of >Europe? >2. Are 5mm fuses REQUIRED to meet world wide applications? If so >must they also be used in secondary circuits? >3. It has been suggested that both fuses could be put in series. Is >this a solution? > >Thanks in advance... > >Rick Busche >Evans & Sutherland >[email protected] > > >------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ >Received: by macgtwy.ecrm.com with SMTP;21 Oct 1997 18:10:25 -0400 >Received: by highlight.ecrm.com (AA13908); Tue, 21 Oct 97 17:15:10 EDT >Received: from ruebert.ieee.org by maildrop.ecrm.com (RAA07892); Tue, 21 Oct 1997 17:10:57 -0400 (EDT) >Received: (from daemon@localhost) > by ruebert.ieee.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) > id MAA24808 for emc-pstc-list; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 12:33:06 -0400 (EDT) >From: [email protected] >Date: Tue, 21 Oct 97 08:35:11 PST >Encoding: 56 Text >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >To: [email protected], "Farnsworth,Heber" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re[2]: Concerning Fuses >Sender: [email protected] >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: [email protected] >X-Resent-To: Multiple Recipients <[email protected]> >X-Listname: emc-pstc >X-Info: Help requests to [email protected] >X-Info: [Un]Subscribe requests to [email protected] >X-Moderator-Address: [email protected] > >
