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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Fuses in Europe and USA
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.064605.1483@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec17.130628.2352@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:46:05 GMT
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- greg@cs.washington.edu (Greg Barnes) writes:
- : [This is posted for a friend in Germany. Please do not respond to me,
- : but to shiva@mpi-sb.mpg.de. ---Greg]
- : -----------------------------------------------
- : I'm in Germany and using my 110V stereo on the 220V supply with a step
- : down transformer. A fuse rated 3.15A/125V has blown in my stereo. I
- : can't find another with a 125V rating in the local shops. I can get a
- : 3.15A/250V fuse, though.
- :
- : I was told the following: The voltage drop across a working fuse is anyway
- : negligible, and the 250V rating refers to the maximum voltage that the
- : fuse will block once it has burned. So the important thing is the
- : ampereage that the fuse permits. So it would be okay to replace the
- : part with a 3.15A/250V fuse.
- :
- : Can anyone tell me whether the above explanation is reasonable? Any
- : other advice would be appreciated also.
-
- It is fine. Use the 250V fuse. Many fuses will show something like
- 3A 125/250V.
-
- Bill
-