[TechAssist] Re: Fusible resistors
- From: "Jeff Farnsworth" <jlfonz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:08:11 -0500
I put them down only as GMA5 or AGC 4 or pico3.5 $2
TV Doctor
Avalon, Wi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 11:55 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fusible resistors
> Hey maybe you could start charging for the fuse and call it a "power
> supply kit", hehehe.
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> Gary McCartney
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> McCartney Electronics
> Guelph Ontario Canada
> Est. 1984
> email: gary (at) number63.ca
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> larry wrote:
> > I agree, i never list fuses, or charge for them.
> > Larry
> >
> >
> > Tel-Tek Electronics wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Same here Al...I never use the word "fuse" on my Invoice..that's all the
> >>customer focuses on.
> >> Some of my customers that are a little technically inclined, or
> >>presume they are, I don't even use words like resistors or capacitors.
> >> Like on the Mitsubishi's...if I change a bunch of Caps, I bill
> >>it out as a MOD KIT, and charge accordingly.
> >>
> >>-Ed-
> >>
> >>Tel-Tek Electronics
> >>Ontario-Canada
> >>
> >>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>teltek@xxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Al L
> >>Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:36 AM
> >>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fusible resistors
> >>
> >>Since fuses and fuse ohms cost very little i NEVER put them on my bills!
> >>It
> >>also stops that old crap'ALL it needed was a fuse!". al
> >>
> >>Al Leatherman
> >>224 RT. 46
> >>Mine Hill, NJ 07803
> >>973-361-5796
> >>WWW.ALS-TV.NET
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 5:34 AM
> >>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fusible resistors
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Bingo! Give that man a cigar! As "sue-happy" as a lot of Americans
> >>
> >>have
> >>
> >>
> >>>become, it is best to use the original part when it comes to something
> >>>like this. When you turn on a tv and there is a lawyer saying "Has
> >>>anyone looked at you cross-eyed in the last 3 months? We'll sue on a
> >>>percentage basis", Ed is VERY correct in saying that a lawyer would
> >>
> >>drag
> >>
> >>
> >>>you through the coals on that.
> >>>
> >>>Doug Keller
> >>>Wis-Kel Electronics
> >>>101 Freeland Ave.
> >>>Terra Alta, WV
> >>>USA 26764
> >>>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>http://www.tech-assist.org
> >>>"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
> >>>won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Edward Gaidies wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Jerry;
> >>>>I agree 100%.
> >>>>Cover yourself on "Safety Components"...
> >>>>Not being cruel...it's nice to ask if you don't know..but using
> >>>>improper fuses, or improper components will put your shieska on the
> >>>>line.
> >>>>
> >>>>Not so much in Canada, but with Lawsuits, some hotshot Investigator
> >>>>will draw you through the coals.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>-Ed-
> >>>>*****************************************************************
> >>>>Ed Gaidies
> >>>>Tel-Tek Electronics
> >>>>Ontario-Canada
> >>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>teltek@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>>
> >>>>On 8-Oct-04, at 3:47 PM, J Silverman wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>There is no relationship between fusible and flameproof. They have
> >>>>>different
> >>>>>applications. Fusible has been selected to protect some circuit from
> >>>>>further
> >>>>>damage. Flameproof is to prevent smoke and fire when damage occurs.
> >>>>>Jerry Silverman
> >>>>>Greentron Inc
> >>>>>4 Newland Ave
> >>>>>Greenville SC 29609
> >>>>>Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
> >>>>>mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
> >>>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>From: "Paul" <dntwntv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 2:06 PM
> >>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fusible resistors
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Thats interesting, because I am working on a Samsung that came in
> >>>>>>with a
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>vertical problem per the customer. Didn't show up in the shop till I
> >>>>>tapped
> >>>>>the board. I resoldred all the i/c pins and other relative
> >>
> >>components.
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>Still
> >>>>>no deflection. Hit the area with freeze and got partial deflection
> >>>>>momentarily while a peaking coil smoked. I replaced the i/c the coil
> >>
> >>a
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>shorted zener and a lytic cap. The 5.6 ohm fusible opened also which
> >>
> >>I
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>didn't see till I fired it up again and had fold over. I replaced
> >>
> >>with
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>a
> >>>>>flame proof. It smoked and opened up immediately. Found another
> >>>>>shorted
> >>>>>zener. Thus the reason for the question. A fusible didn't seem to
> >>
> >>work
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>any
> >>>>>better than a flame proof, at least in this case. Some suppliers use
> >>>>>the
> >>>>>term fusible to mean flame proof.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Paul
> >>>>>>J Silverman <greentron@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>>No. A flame proof resistor is made of materials that wont burn or
> >>>>>>smoke
> >>>>>>excessively. That doesnt mean that it wont light up like a light
> >>
> >>bulb
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>while
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>the circuit it is supposed to protect vaporizes and the resistor
> >>>>>>survives.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>A
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>fusable resistor is supposed to protect something by interrupting
> >>
> >>the
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>>current.
> >>>>>>Jerry Silverman
> >>>>>>Greentron Inc
> >>>>>>4 Newland Ave
> >>>>>>Greenville SC 29609
> >>>>>>Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
> >>>>>>mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
> >>>>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>>From: "Paul"
> >>>>>>To:
> >>>>>>Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:57 PM
> >>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Fusible resistors
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Is a flame proof resistor a safe sub for a fusible resistor of the
> >>>>>>>same
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>value?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>If not why not?
> >>>>>>>Paul
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Paul ,B
> >>>>>>>Central TV&Video
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