[Boatanchors] OT: Fuse replacement?

[Price Smith]

250 volts means that it was made to operate in a circuit up to 259 volts.
6/10A means that anything above 6/10A or 0.6 amps will blow the fuse.
Example at 0.5a the fuse will not blow, at1 amp the fuse will blow but it 
might take minutes,and at 10 amps the fuse will blow quickly.
Try the 125volt fuse. The voltage rating has nothing to do with how fast the 
fuse will blow.
Get a $50.00 microwave. They work great.
Good Luck
Price W0RI


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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