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

[KC1SOZ]

Oh, never mind, it is FGB, but when they are listed as ICOM as the
manufacturer, you know there's something funky going on.

5210000090 FUSE FGB 30A M710 706 M802

73,
KC1SOZ
Juan


On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 6:49 PM KC1SOZ <kc1soz at bd5.com> wrote:

> FSB, not FGB.
>
> 73,
> KC1SOZ
> Juan
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 6:25 PM Greg <wa1emg at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Fuse, glass body
>>
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
>>
>> On Monday, October 16, 2023, 18:17, KC1SOZ <kc1soz at bd5.com> 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>
>> <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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