[Boatanchors] OT: Fuse replacement?

[J. Forster]

Gent,

It sounds like a 3AG fuse, rated at 250 V and 6/10 A = 600mA.
They certainly used to be easily available. Try Mousre, Digi-Key or AES.
They are likely NOT called 3AG because of the pigtails.

BTW, it is possible to solder pigtails onto an ordinary cartridge fuse,
but you have to be quick about it or the guts will melt.

Also, fuses sometimes fail when run close to rated value and the circuit
is oftren switched, because of metal fatigue.

FWIW,

-John

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> 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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