Help Figuring out what's broken in Fender Vibrolux Custom

[tubeToaster]

Here you go

https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/fuse-slow-blow-250v-3ag-025-x-125

 

[Cheap Trills]

Try these guys, they have everything for amps. I've ordered from them many times before and also picked up an order there once when I was in Phoenix.

https://www.tubesandmore.com/search/node/fuse

There are several other leading amp supply part vendors on the web, and it may be a good idea to get familiar with them all for when you need misc parts.

Here you go

https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/fuse-slow-blow-250v-3ag-025-x-125

Thank you, just ordered a 5 pack from here. Cheers!

 

[Cheap Trills]

Anyone know about the "low breaking" vs "high breaking" in fuses and what would work for the main fuse of a guitar amp? I am looking for backup fuses for my tube amps after this experience and I see pretty often rather than being listed as T3A, it'll be listed as T3AL or T3AH.

 

[Wally]

Anyone know about the "low breaking" vs "high breaking" in fuses and what would work for the main fuse of a guitar amp? I am looking for backup fuses for my tube amps after this experience and I see pretty often rather than being listed as T3A, it'll be listed as T3AL or T3AH.

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[Askwhy]

The complete and total idiocy of fuse labeling has been a low-level pet peeve of mine for many years.

 

[Wally]

The complete and total idiocy of fuse labeling has been a low-level pet peeve of mine for many years.

The system is necessarily complex as is almost any code system. There are a LOT of fuses with differing specs that need to be applied in a brief format. If the system were idiotic, I am sure that some clever person would have simplified it by now.
I do agree that having more than one code to designate say a slo-blo 2 amp fuse of a certain size is even more confusing, but I have to think that such a situation has more to do with establishment of codes systems in different countries. Ex: MDL 2A and TAL 2A….same fuse….2 amp slo-blo of the same size…1/4” x 1 1/4”.

 

[ETMusic777]

The complete and total idiocy of fuse labeling has been a low-level pet peeve of mine for many years.

I have pretty darned good eyes (20/10) and its getting more and more difficult to read the imprint on a modern fuse without a magnifying glass. The older ones seem to have a deeper, easier to read imprint. Or maybe I am just getting old.

 

[Gunny]

Is there a store nearby that sells guitars and amps? They may have fuses on hand.

 

[MatchlessMan]

The complete and total idiocy of fuse labeling has been a low-level pet peeve of mine for many years.

The worst part is that you can’t test a fuse without making it useless!

 

[Cheap Trills]

Is there a store nearby that sells guitars and amps? They may have fuses on hand.

I called around, it's not the "standard" fender fuse, so they didn't have. But I was able to purchase it online at the suggested site from above

 

[Burning Fingers]

The worst part is that you can’t test a fuse without making it useless!

Huh ??? a fuse that tests fine with a multimeter is not useless...a correct rating fuse that is put into an amp and does not blow when the amp is turned on is not useless. A blown correct rating fuse is not useless as it indicates a problem in the amp and has protected the amp from possible serious damage. The only useless fuse is one that doesn't blow when it should and I have never met a fuse like that.

 

[corliss1]

I *think* he was saying pushing the fuse to it's breaking (blowing?) point, but it was still an odd phrase for sure. I've never had a reason to test a fuse in such a way. They are labeled for a reason

 

[MatchlessMan]

Huh ??? a fuse that tests fine with a multimeter is not useless...a correct rating fuse that is put into an amp and does not blow when the amp is turned on is not useless. A blown correct rating fuse is not useless as it indicates a problem in the amp and has protected the amp from possible serious damage. The only useless fuse is one that doesn't blow when it should and I have never met a fuse like that.

I *think* he was saying pushing the fuse to it's breaking (blowing?) point, but it was still an odd phrase for sure. I've never had a reason to test a fuse in such a way. They are labeled for a reason

Ha, yes I didn’t think that one through! I meant you can’t test a fuse’s rating without blowing it. Of course you can test its continuity - out of circuit, or you risk confusing yourself when current finds another way past a blown fuse.