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10-28-2011, 07:23 PM
I don't even know why a power line fuse is necessary unless you have a lot of lightening strikes or power surges in your area, even in sets with failed power transformers it's usually the high voltage secondary that has failed not the primary, I would be more inclined to fuse the center tap of the high voltage winding. There is a guy on you tube that even installs fuses in AC/DC radios, and with big ugly 20 amp fuse holders, with pig tails, designed for cars, a complete waste of time since the cathode of the rectifier tube already serves that purpose.
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In-Line Fuses - by kbm37-630 - 10-28-2011, 05:46 PM
Re: In-Line Fuses - by rghines1 - 10-28-2011, 07:11 PM
Re: In-Line Fuses - by Arran - 10-28-2011, 07:23 PM



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