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Bottlehead Kits => Crack => Topic started by: dortmunder13 on April 02, 2015, 06:49:51 AM

Title: 1.25A fuse with bottlehead crack?
Post by: dortmunder13 on April 02, 2015, 06:49:51 AM

I managed to blow the fuse that came with my kit, and my local hardware store only had 1.25A fuses in stock. Is this safe to use or should I go to some other stores / mail order a 1A fuse?

Thanks a bunch for any help.

Title: Re: 1.25A fuse with bottlehead crack?
Post by: Doc B. on April 02, 2015, 08:49:51 AM

It's fine. But make sure you know why the fuse blew in the first place before you replace it and fire the amp back up.

Title: Re: 1.25A fuse with bottlehead crack?
Post by: dortmunder13 on April 02, 2015, 09:49:06 AM

Thanks! I'm pretty sure I know how I blew it. I passed my resistance checks, failed a voltage check, tried to fix it be reflowing a couple of solder points and replacing a wire, and went straight back to voltage checks without doing resistance checks first (oops!) - turns out there were some resistances that I messed up.

It passes all the resistance checks again but I couldn't check voltage after the fuse blew. Hopefully all is well now.