[Boatanchors] OT: Fuse replacement?

[Lloyd Godsey]

No that is 6/10 amp or .60 amp as you wish
Thanx
Lloyd Godsey
kk7iz at cox.net
480-620-7145

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From: "W2HX" <w2hx at w2hx.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 1:46 PM
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Boatanchors] OT: Fuse replacement?

> Warning - this is OT!
>
> I am repairing a circuit board from an oven (one of these high tech
> thingies). The company wants $400 to replace the board. But it looks like
> only 1 fuse blew. Yes, it might have blown for good reasons, but I thought
> Id first just try to replace it. It is soldered onto the board. These are
> the markings on it:
>
> 250V   6/10A
>
> Could this mean that for 250V it will blow at 6A but at 125V it will blow 
> at
> 10A? (ie blows at 1,250W?)
>
> The only replacement I could find in mouser says this:
>
> 125V   6A
>
> Does this sound like a replacement? Could it be under rated? I don't mind 
> it
> being a little underrated, I would just rather not put in something
> overrated.
> Thoughts?
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
>
>
>
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