[Boatanchors] fuses

[Dick KF4NS]

Thanks Jack and others. That was a good idea so I checked my old 50's 
thru 70's catalogs and sure enuf many were listed. Still lots of 
blanks since the catalogs did not mention their uses. Some did show 
usage for test equipment and various initial surge ratings. It all 
helps. Will keep searching and sorting. Not going to toss them.
Thanks again and 73, Dick KF4NS
St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
Keep The Glow!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <k0ewu9 at juno.com>
To: <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] fuses


> Dick, get out your old allied or Newark catalogue, go to the fuse
> sections and you will find them. Some cat have sizes too, don't 
> throw em
> away, you may need one tomorrow!!
>
> old jack  --ben ther done that
>
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:37:08 -0400 "Dick KF4NS" 
> <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
> writes:
>> 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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