Doepfer

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@doepfer.de> 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
>
>