WG4600 F601 Fuse Question

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I have a WG4600 that has just blown a fuse. It s a 3A 125v (F601). I have a 4A 125v lying around, can I use that? Also, I heard this fuse usually don't just blow. Can this be indicative of another problem, or should ijust change it and see?
 
I have a WG4600 that has just blown a fuse. It s a 3A 125v (F601). I have a 4A 125v lying around, can I use that? Also, I heard this fuse usually don't just blow. Can this be indicative of another problem, or should ijust change it and see?

I wouldn't replace it with anything rated over what the existing fuse is.

Fuses... usually don't just blow. But, I do have a G07 here where the fuse was blown, I replaced the fuse and fired it up... and it's been working ever since. So... sometimes they do "just blow"... granted, this one probably didn't blow out of no where, might have had a power surge at it's previous owners house, they might have accidentally grounded something while working in the cabinet, etc etc... you never know though until you replace it then try to fire it up again.

Also, with all fuses... one of those wired in-line fuse holders... just tack the wires onto where the old fuse was... that way if the fuse does blow again you don't have to remove the chassis to replace it.

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Buy two fuses. Change it and if there is a problem else where (which is likely the case) it'll glow and pop REAL quick.

You better get your Digital Multi Meter ready and google Randy Fromm flow chart.
 
Buy two fuses. Change it and if there is a problem else where (which is likely the case) it'll glow and pop REAL quick.

You better get your Digital Multi Meter ready and google Randy Fromm flow chart.

I'll skip to the easy parts of the flow chart if it does pop. Check you're 4 diodes in the rectifier bridge, make sure none are shorted. Check to make sure your degausing coil isn't shorted. Also check to make sure the case of your big transistors on the sides of the chassis frame aren't shorted to the frame. ... IME, it's pretty much always the diodes in the bridge... When they short, it dumps everything to ground and tries drawing about 8 amps... and the fuses, just don't seem to like that...

I'd post the a flowchart here... but Mr. Fromm has asked me not to... soooooo... not gonna do that, because I really don't feel like getting sued for everything I own (of course... the trick would be on him... because I don't own much, and everything I do own needs tech work...)

If you get the fuses at RadioShack, they come in packs of 5... and it costs you what it would cost you to buy 15 fuses anywhere else... but, they're convenient, most of the time (assuming they have them in stock... hence the "most of the time"...)
 
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