jimmymcfarrell
pfm Member
Having recently bought an XPS DR (thankyou topbloke @justin65, I hope you have forgiven me ) and discovered they have a bit of an appetite for fuses in the mains input, I’ve been wondering what other owners do? Mine has eaten 2 fuses so far in as many weeks. I haven’t checked the voltage coming out the wall but if it’s anything like my last place it could easily be well up near 250v so this could be a factor.
Do others just leave them switched them all the time? This isn’t really an option for me and seems like a ridiculous solution, especially when it will often go multiple days at a time without use.
I’ve seen it suggested that some people up the fuse size to 3.15a (from 2.5a). This is listed as a definite no no on the green forum with warnings that it will kill you & your family & everyone within a 3 mile radius when it explodes. I’ve seen discussion that what it really needs a fuse size that doesn’t exist, in between 2.5a & 3.15a so my thinking is that under fault conditions it’s going to pull more that 3.15a for the time it takes for the fuse to blow, so is upping the fuse size by just over half an amp really such a bad thing if it stops the nuisance tripping?
I would be interested to hear what others think about this.
Do others just leave them switched them all the time? This isn’t really an option for me and seems like a ridiculous solution, especially when it will often go multiple days at a time without use.
I’ve seen it suggested that some people up the fuse size to 3.15a (from 2.5a). This is listed as a definite no no on the green forum with warnings that it will kill you & your family & everyone within a 3 mile radius when it explodes. I’ve seen discussion that what it really needs a fuse size that doesn’t exist, in between 2.5a & 3.15a so my thinking is that under fault conditions it’s going to pull more that 3.15a for the time it takes for the fuse to blow, so is upping the fuse size by just over half an amp really such a bad thing if it stops the nuisance tripping?
I would be interested to hear what others think about this.