[Boatanchors] fuses

Dick KF4NS kf4nsradio at verizon.net
Tue Mar 27 14:37:08 EST 2007


Some time back I inhereted a big bunch of fuses, some in the old metal
tins, many loose. Googling did not come up with a great deal of help
in classifying them. Does anyone have a reference that would help?

Here are some of the types:
AGX;  AGC1,2,5,1A;  MDX; MTH; MDL35,1/2,1 1/2; MDA;  GGC; 1AG; 3AG;
BUSS C3/4,C7; FUSETRON N2,N4,C7;
These are all glass, some obviously slow blow due to all the extra
parts inside but others may be slow blow as well. How can you tell?

All of the ones in the tins have a number after the 3-letter prefix
but I know that in many cases it is not the amp rating.

There are also bunch of loose ceramic so no way to tell if they are
slow blow or not. Many of the glass are not the common 1-1/4 inch
length, probably at least 5 different lengths. Some of the glass ones
have more metal on one end than the other. Some I will never know what
ampere they are because no marking was found.

Am I wasting my time with most of these and would be better off just
tossing them?
73, Dick KF4NS
St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
Keep The Glow!



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