Hacks

[ralph67]

Found This fuse(s) in my Cosmic Princess the other night while i was talking some pictures for the IPDB .
I'm not sure what he was thinking. Both fuses look to be okay  , so maybe he couldn't find a fuse of the required amperage and made his own .

[Retropin]

Question is: Do 2 10A fuses in parallel make  1 20A fuse?
I would have thought not as both fuses wouldn't be exactly the same spec and so path of least resistance would be taken.

I could be wrong... I could be right as Mr Lydon would say

[Steevsee]

Question is: Do 2 10A fuses in parallel make  1 20A fuse?
I would have thought not as both fuses wouldn't be exactly the same spec and so path of least resistance would be taken.

I could be wrong... I could be right as Mr Lydon would say

Then the one drawing more current heats up more, slightly increasing its resistance.

 I can imagine some kind of feedback loop happening.

Would never not blow over its 20 amp rating, but could also certainly blow under it.

Its a safety, safety fuse.

[Strangeways]

That's a lazy tech. I'll bet the fuse clips are broken and the second fuse was soldered in place. The lower fuse is most likely blown, but it would be reading fine as it has the other fuse completing the circuit.

[ralph67]

They both look fine , same looking fuses, both 10amp i think , too much solder on the ends to see ..
I wonder if the thing would take longer to blow?  , With all that extra material to flow through IE the fuse ends and solder.
 A slower slow blow fuse possibly , I should crank the amps through it and test till it fails . 
 The usual 'hack' i normally encounter is the 'Trusty soldered fuse wire across it method'.

[Strangeways]

They both look fine , same looking fuses, both 10amp i think , too much solder on the ends to see ..
I wonder if the thing would take longer to blow?  , With all that extra material to flow through IE the fuse ends and solder.
 A slower slow blow fuse possibly , I should crank the amps through it and test till it fails . 
 The usual 'hack' i normally encounter is the 'Trusty soldered fuse wire across it method'.

They might look fine, but I'll bet the fuse soldered into the clips is not good.

[ddstoys]

Lol another beauty.

[ddstoys]

Wasn't going to post this but since the thread popped up why not.   

Just I case data east power supplies arn't hard enough to remove lol

[oldskool1969]

at least heat shrink was used!

[ddstoys]

Yeah wasn't terrible more a pain in the ass but seriously even if you needed to order the plug its only $10 and a weeks wait.

[ralph67]

That's a lazy tech. I'll bet the fuse clips are broken and the second fuse was soldered in place. The lower fuse is most likely blown, but it would be reading fine as it has the other fuse completing the circuit.

No the fuse clips are good , just in the one pic ,it looks like it's soldered in place , but isnt .
This board will be rebuilt or renewed when the Cosmic Princess gets Restored ...