[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Followup: HV Fuse in BC-375

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That's certainly enough testing for me.  How much trouble have you had in 
removing the end caps from the fuse bodies?  I.e., did any of the bodies 
break before the glue let go in one cap or the other?

In a message dated 10/08/2011 11:30:23 AM Central Daylight Time, 
arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes: 
> I found a gassy 211 and put it in the PA socket of the -375;
> made myself a "fuse assassination" machine.
> 
> I built three more test fuses like this:
> 
> http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/BC348/375fuse.JPG
> 
> (The "real" replacements will have the Picofuse inside the tube,
> both for looks and for SAFETY's sake).
> 
> All three opened with no muss, no fuss.
> No explosions, arcing or any other problems.
> "Good Tube" tests with hours of operation have been entirely normal.
> 
> I'm sticking with it ;-)
> 
> 73 DE Dave AB5S

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