bandmaster fuse?
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Rich_S
HomeGrownToneBrewologist
Re: bandmaster fuse?
B Bent is too busy buying and selling stuff to read your post. j/k
You're right - the amp says 3 amps, as do all the schematics you'll find for 40-watt 2x6L6 Fenders. What it doesn't say is that it needs to be a 3-amp slow-blow. When you power an amp on, there is a momentary inrush of current that can exceed 3 amps. The slow-blow fuse forgives these short surges, and only blows on sustained (more than a few seconds) overcurrent conditions.
Glass slow-blow fuses are easy to distinguish - they are the ones with little coils inside that look like springs. Regular fast-blowing fuses just have a straight wire or metal bar.
Get a 3-amp slo-blo. Radio Shack should have them.
B Bent is too busy buying and selling stuff to read your post. j/k
You're right - the amp says 3 amps, as do all the schematics you'll find for 40-watt 2x6L6 Fenders. What it doesn't say is that it needs to be a 3-amp slow-blow. When you power an amp on, there is a momentary inrush of current that can exceed 3 amps. The slow-blow fuse forgives these short surges, and only blows on sustained (more than a few seconds) overcurrent conditions.
Glass slow-blow fuses are easy to distinguish - they are the ones with little coils inside that look like springs. Regular fast-blowing fuses just have a straight wire or metal bar.
Get a 3-amp slo-blo. Radio Shack should have them.
B Bent
Vibroluxologist
Re: bandmaster fuse?
Rich.............. :nana: I guess I have lived safer for my amps all these years because I have always used 2 amp fuses and never had any of them blow. Cream... listen to Rich because he is much more experienced in this than me. I wonder why I have never blown fuses? I guess to small is better than to large huh!!!
Rich.............. :nana: I guess I have lived safer for my amps all these years because I have always used 2 amp fuses and never had any of them blow. Cream... listen to Rich because he is much more experienced in this than me. I wonder why I have never blown fuses? I guess to small is better than to large huh!!!
