hello all,
i had a taste of of blown fuses myself!
from my experience it happened when playing with laptop guys,
specifically when they plug they're tranformer to the same power strip,
normally there's a a visible short circuit that my suitcases don't like
at all!
it happened a couple times in live situations with crowded stages...
my 5 cents
best
_ag

On Mar 21, 2007, at 4:24 PM, < hardware@... > wrote:

> > I'm running the 240V PSU2 which specifies a 250mA slow blow fuse and
> I
> > know Dieter has mentioned that 300mA or maybe even 400mA would be OK
> > to use however I'm having trouble locating slow blow fuses in such
> low
> > current ratings, the lowest I can find here is 500mA. I know that
> this
> > is twice the specified current rating but would these be considered
> OK
> > to use given that in the case of a short to ground they will still
> blow
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Adam-V.
>
> Even 500 mA will be OK as the fuse will blow in case of a short
> circuit in
> the mains section (that's the main reason for the fuse). I think we
> will
> increase the fuse value once more though we never had a blown fuse in
> the
> company or during exhibitions, work shops or similar. But of course we
> cannot ignore the repetitive reports about blown fuses. Maybe the
> mains in
> Germany behaves a bit different compared to other companies (e.g.
> slightly
> different voltages or transients - I don't know).
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>
>