Curious about fuses

bevo538 · 25th May 2006, 09:24 PM

I have recently heard about "audiophile grade" fuses. While there is some sense to the theory, at $30 each for a standard 5A 115V fuse, that seems extreme. Any thoughts or experience with these? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.

poobah · 25th May 2006, 10:16 PM

Just more garbage... thats all. The idea of gold on any connector is nice. The average fuse "believer" would probably play with them too much and rub the 5 cents worth of gold off though...

john curl · 25th May 2006, 10:30 PM

I hear that they sound good. Met a manufacturer of them at CES, he is OK.

poobah · 25th May 2006, 10:42 PM

Now John,

Is that heresay or hearsay? I take it the manufacturer you met at CES wasn't wearing big floppy shoes or a rubber nose?

Bevo,

I assume you're talking about an AC inlet fuse. In that case, those fuses would be just as useful as a $1500 power cord.

john curl · 26th May 2006, 12:54 AM

No, he was a German engineer and his fuses were made of silver, as the fuse itself. We went to the strip club later in LV, and fed $ to the young ladies. Poobah, you are making a fool out of yourself, fair warning.

anatech · 26th May 2006, 03:14 AM

Hi John,
I wonder about this myself. I am inclined to disbelieve this notion. The element still has to heat up thermally and melt open.

Better contact in the cap area may help, don't know. My concern is the actual element in the fuse. How different is that?

-Chris

Enzo · 26th May 2006, 03:46 AM

SO by making the element silver, we reduce the series resistance in the mains curcuit by a couple hundredths of an ohm. SHould make a night and day difference...

xplod1236 · 26th May 2006, 03:59 AM

Now that you decreased the resistance of the element, you also changed the rating of the fuse (less resistance, more power it will handle before it melts). To compensate, you need to make the element thinner to increase its resistance, bringing the resistance to what it originally was. How do you explain that one Enzo?

poobah · 26th May 2006, 04:52 AM

I asked a simple enough question. No answer...

In your light, I might prefer to be a fool...

Fuses on amplifier outputs don't work... too many REAL reasons.

Sonic value of fuses on AC inputs... Please refer to Steve (the patent god) Nugent's pile of B.S.

Someone has to call this **** to the carpet.

I suppose you can hear heat sink material as well?

Enough already.... Jeeze!

jleaman · 26th May 2006, 05:05 AM

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Originally posted by poobah
Now John,

Is that heresay or hearsay? I take it the manufacturer you met at CES wasn't wearing big floppy shoes or a rubber nose?

Bevo,

I assume you're talking about an AC inlet fuse. In that case, those fuses would be just as useful as a $1500 power cord.

Hey hey.. he might need that 1500$ power cord to tell him he just wasted 1500$

( $1500 is cheap ive seen a few last week about 10k EKKS. )

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bevo538 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta	Curious about fuses I have recently heard about "audiophile grade" fuses. While there is some sense to the theory, at $30 each for a standard 5A 115V fuse, that seems extreme. Any thoughts or experience with these? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.

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25th May 2006, 10:16 PM	#2
poobah diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	Just more garbage... thats all. The idea of gold on any connector is nice. The average fuse "believer" would probably play with them too much and rub the 5 cents worth of gold off though...

25th May 2006, 10:30 PM	#3
john curl diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: berkeley ca	I hear that they sound good. Met a manufacturer of them at CES, he is OK.

25th May 2006, 10:42 PM	#4
poobah diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	Now John, Is that heresay or hearsay? I take it the manufacturer you met at CES wasn't wearing big floppy shoes or a rubber nose? Bevo, I assume you're talking about an AC inlet fuse. In that case, those fuses would be just as useful as a $1500 power cord.

26th May 2006, 12:54 AM	#5
john curl diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: berkeley ca	No, he was a German engineer and his fuses were made of silver, as the fuse itself. We went to the strip club later in LV, and fed $ to the young ladies. Poobah, you are making a fool out of yourself, fair warning.

26th May 2006, 03:14 AM	#6
anatech diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgetown, On	Hi John, I wonder about this myself. I am inclined to disbelieve this notion. The element still has to heat up thermally and melt open. Better contact in the cap area may help, don't know. My concern is the actual element in the fuse. How different is that? -Chris

26th May 2006, 03:46 AM	#7
Enzo diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lansing, Michigan	SO by making the element silver, we reduce the series resistance in the mains curcuit by a couple hundredths of an ohm. SHould make a night and day difference...

26th May 2006, 03:59 AM	#8
xplod1236 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the couch	Now that you decreased the resistance of the element, you also changed the rating of the fuse (less resistance, more power it will handle before it melts). To compensate, you need to make the element thinner to increase its resistance, bringing the resistance to what it originally was. How do you explain that one Enzo?

26th May 2006, 04:52 AM	#9
poobah diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	I asked a simple enough question. No answer... In your light, I might prefer to be a fool... Fuses on amplifier outputs don't work... too many REAL reasons. Sonic value of fuses on AC inputs... Please refer to Steve (the patent god) Nugent's pile of B.S. Someone has to call this **** to the carpet. I suppose you can hear heat sink material as well? Enough already.... Jeeze!

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