German fuses.

[koda6966]

I found a box of those "german inline fuses" laying in the garage. Would I be able to use the 5 amp version for my cold cathodes (the manufacturor says they draw 3 amps) and the 10 amp version for my panic alarm?

I'm not familiar with them at all. But if I can use them instead of buying an inline fuse new I'd rather do that.

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

hmm if they are rated for 5amp, and u need 3 amp, seems to me that yeah u can use em.
and what do they say?? 3ein amperein aus inlinenhaus fusiblehausen

 

[koda6966]

The proper term for these is GBC fuse. I guess they go to some european cars (probably the german ones, since they were in an old cardboard box with "GERMAN FUSES" wrote in sharpie on them. I wonder why we have them, we've never owned german..

Since I don't have a housing for these, and am too cheap to buy one, I'm just going to push the wires through so that they have contact with the metal and wrap them in electrical tape to weather proof them.

 

[strvger]

i thought i remembered them being fairly close in size to the old glass fuses. if you have holders for the glass one's, you might see if these fit.

 

[warrior24]

yeah glass fuse holder should fit.

 

[koda6966]

I might have a glass fuse holder laying around. If not, I'll just stick to how I already have them wired. I checked, and I do have continuity in the circuit the way I have it.

If you want to see how I have the fuses hooked up, it's on the last page of this thread.

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38711