I accused the customer of taking this set apart, he denied, but since it did not have a slow blow in it when it came in, and the fuse was blown, I just replaced with regular, worked several times ? so I'll put in a slow blow, wish it would have said that on the pcboard. I wonder where he got a 6.5 amp fuse, and why didn't he wrap it in a gum wrapper like most ? thanks to all brock Brock Electronics 5208 cr.3385 Independence Ks. 67301 620-331-0235 fax 331-7191 markbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Myers" <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:54 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Panasonic blows fuse > You must use an original Panasonic time delay fuse, if not the degauss > action will blow it. If in doubt put in a regular fuse and watch it as > you turn on the set cold, it will bend and glow red. Now try that with > an original fuse and you'll see that it does not bend and glow red. > > The Old Master Technician > ******************************** > Since 1972 * > Jim Myers * > Telrad Electronics * > Fort Wayne Indiana * > ******************************** > > > markbrock wrote: > > model CX32SF35W, I think, came in with fuse blown, replaced the infamous > > degaussing thermister and fuse, ran in shop for several hours, sent it > > home, customer called 3 days later said its dead, I've seen this before, > > and replaced the 6.3 amp main fuse on the ac line with 7 amp, ( all I > > had ), anyone have any notes as to why this fuse would intermittent blow ? > > its a heavy, set and I need to pick it up, but if simple would like to > > repair it in home, long call, thanks for any advise > > brock > > > > Brock Electronics > > 5208 cr.3385 > > Independence Ks. 67301 > > 620-331-0235 > > fax 331-7191 > > markbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/