[bars] When is a fuse not a fuse, redux?

[TimC]

Agreed.

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho...  it's off to eBay I go!

73,

T.


On 16-Oct-23 18:16, KC1SOZ wrote:
> That likely means someone who didn't know what FGB is just popped 
> regular fuses on there. FGB 30A fuses can be had for relatively little 
> money, just search for "FGB 30A fuse". It would be a good idea to put 
> the right ones in there.
>
> 73,
> KC1SOZ
> Juan
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 6:11 PM TimC <k1dc.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     - The DC supply line is original Icom OEM.
>
>     - Yup, all of the above.
>
>     The fix was to replace the in-line fuse on the negative DC
>     supply.  All better now.  Although, it seems the spec. in the
>     manual calls for a 'FGB 30 A' fuse.  There was, and is, a 25 A
>     'normal' glass cylinder fuse.  I'm still a bit fuzzy on what
>     exactly a 'FGB' fuse might be.
>
>     73,
>
>     T.
>
>     On 16-Oct-23 16:48, Andy Wallace wrote:
>>     Can the DC cable wiring handle the current (25A? Not aftermarket
>>     cable)?
>>
>>     Do you power down the rig first then the supply, and the supply
>>     first then the rig for power up?
>>     Andy
>>     KA1GTT
>>
>>     On Oct 16, 2023, at 10:42 AM, TimC <k1dc.radio at gmail.com>
>>     <mailto:k1dc.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>      Almost a year and a half ago my TS-2000 developed a problem
>>     with intermittent shutdown that eventually graduated to brick
>>     status.  After MUCH troubleshooting the root cause was a power
>>     line fuse that had transformed into a 1.2k resistor.  I thought
>>     at the time that this was so weird it had to be a one-off.
>>
>>     Well... now it's a two-off.  My IC-756 did the exact same thing
>>     this morning after some heavy FT8 use and sure enough, another
>>     fuse->resistor transformation.  Just to be clear, they don't show
>>     as open, nor short.  They read ~1k ohm.
>>
>>     Is this a known/common occurrence or do I live in some weird hole
>>     in the universe where these things happen?
>>
>>     73,
>>
>>     T.
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