[Johnson] Ranger fuses heat up

[SBJohnston at aol.com]

I've been really surprised by the venom of several messages I've received 
off-list regarding my fusing of my Ranger.  I would never have guessed that I'd 
be called such nasty names over a technical issue like this.  Wow...   Really 
makes me glad to be part of this fine fraternity.

One follow-up point I'd like to make...  The Ranger, at least the one I own, 
is a balanced AC load.  The AC cord enters the rear and passes immediately 
thru the fuses to each end of the primary of the power transformer.  There is no 
difference between the hot and the neutral inside the rig.  They are even the 
same physical length.  The arguments made so forcefully in favor of hot-only 
fusing make good sense at the unbalanced source, the distribution panel, but I 
feel they do not as readily apply at the other end in this case.   

I'm not trying to convince anyone to do it my way - just make my reasoning 
clearer.

Interesting side note: the six chinese-made IEC ac cords I've so far found 
that had their hot and neutral wires reversed *inside the cord* certainly 
invalidated any distinction between the two on the computers that used them as 
cords.  

Steve  WD8DAS

sbjohnston at aol.com