What is this fuse called?

[xtian]

Need to replace this fuse inside a Peavey ValveKing. How do you name it? "Inline fuse" didn't do it.

5x20mm fuse with leads, evidently. Why does mouser only have ONE, and it's 15amp and $12?

[Reeltarded]

Melt the ends off and use what you have. Check them with a meter after soldering.

What a drag.

[Meat&Beer]

I believe the term is pigtail. Looks like in that there picature, they're little cups holding a regular type fuse... They're not?

[M Fowler]

PCB mount fuse with axial leads.

http://www.newark.com/webapp/wcs/stores ... =810031573

[JazzGuitarGimp]

Use "pigtail" and "fuse" as your primary search terms.

[tribi9]

PCB mount fuse with axial leads.

http://www.newark.com/webapp/wcs/stores ... =810031573

I like this store. Friendly customer service and fast shipping with no customs fees!

[Structo]

Man, Peavey must never had thought that anything would happen to those fuses.

Probably saved $.05 by not using fuse holders.

Be sure to match the amperage and style, (Fast Flo or Slo Blo)

[xtian]

Thanks guys, and Bob for offering a fuse.

I doubt the owner will want to dump more money on this box. I bypassed the fuse and used a lightbulb limiter. I see that the low voltage circuit (feeds the switching system) is still drawing WAY too much current (no tubes are installed). I've asked if he wants to continue troubleshooting, noting that it could take hours.

Welcome suggestions, if anyone already knows what to look for.

[Tillydog]

I see that the low voltage circuit (feeds the switching system) is still drawing WAY too much current (no tubes are installed).

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Welcome suggestions, if anyone already knows what to look for.

Just a hunch, but check that the (bridge?) rectifier on the LV circuit for shorts - ohm meter will tell you (with the power off!).

[Structo]

Yes there has to be a reason the fuse blew in the first place.

It is a common thing for people that don't follow troubleshooting procedures to think that maybe it was a fluke and the fuse blew for no real reason.
Unfortunately that is only about a .01% chance.
Unless there was some kind of surge or other anomaly, most often is because of a component failure, be that a tube or other passive component.

Most often it is a power tube or rectifier tube that has gone wonky, the result is the amp then draws too much current and the fuse blows.
Bu being on the primary of most amps, that can be fairly damaging because 99.99% of the components lie after the secondary of the power transformer.

Anyway, just want you to be thorough before infesting too much is fuses and troubleshooting time.

[Leo_Gnardo]

Yes there has to be a reason the fuse blew in the first place.

It is a common thing for people that don't follow troubleshooting procedures to think that maybe it was a fluke and the fuse blew for no real reason.
Unfortunately that is only about a .01% chance.
Unless there was some kind of surge or other anomaly, most often is because of a component failure, be that a tube or other passive component.

All good howsomever there's a trend over the last 15 years or so to fuse EVERYTHING (to keep SEMKO happy I guess - Scandinavian safety organization - clever Vikings think of EVERYTHING ) including the filament circuit. The fil fuse is the one I most often find open-circus when a recently built amp is brought in kaput for no good reason. Typical values are 6 to 15 amps, and often a 5x20 minifuse is used.

I wire across the filament fuseholder with piece of 16 ga solid wire.

Recommended ONLY for filament fuse replacement.

[Reeltarded]

Other alternatives.

[martin manning]

Ha ha no-blow fuses!