[Amps] Al-82 Blowing fuses?

[Gary Smith]

I am going to hunt up a couple of 15 & 20A fast blow fuses and see how it goes.

 Have noted my fan is slow to come up to full speed, am wondering if this might be part of the problem. The fuse (when it last occurred) seem to go only when I switch on the amp and immediately attempt to use it with little if any delay after HV levels are present.

Since I have slowed down my "trigger finger" everything seems to be okay.

Got to get off of my dead and dyin' and give Ameritron/MFJ a phone call about this occasional problem.

73,
Gary...wa6fgi  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave Cole 
  To: amps at contesting.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 6:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [Amps] Al-82 Blowing fuses?


  Hi,

  That thought occurred to me...  I had two, then went to a slow blow, ad
  none, then decided a 20 A Fast Blow, would be better than a 15 Amp
  slow blow.  That is what I was asking about...  

  Dave
  NK7Z


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  On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:41:36 +0000
  Ron Youvan <ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

  > Dave NK7Z  Cole wrote:
  > 
  > > I am using 20 Amp fast blow...  The theory is that it might save a
  > > tube, as opposed to the slow blow fuses...  Any thoughts from
  > > anyone?
  > 
  >    If you have a lot of false blows re-think your strategy.

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