in search of tiny glass fuse

[Todd H.]

Greetings,

I'm attempting to replace a simple glass fuse, but have found it
remarkably hard to find a replacement! I've scoured partsexpress.com
and mouser.com to no avail.

The fuse is a tiny little glass fuse approx 1/8" (.125") in diameter
and approximagely .375-.4375" (3/8 to 7/16", 10mm) length. 2AG's are
too long (listed as 0.6"), and... and I'm wondering if Littelfuse
PicoII fuses would do fine in this application (they have a 3.5A 125V
model and they would fit...).

Electrically, it's stamped 125V, 3.5A. It comes from a Royal paper
shredder that's about 5 years old, where it sports little axial lead
end caps soldered onto each end of the fuse (yes, I was naughty and
attempted to test the 3 sheet promise on the box).

TIA for any insight of advise. I'm wondering if things like the
Picofuse just supplanted these things and that's why I can't find
them.

Best Regards,

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

 

"Todd H." wrote:

Greetings,

I'm attempting to replace a simple glass fuse, but have found it
remarkably hard to find a replacement! I've scoured partsexpress.com
and mouser.com to no avail.

The fuse is a tiny little glass fuse approx 1/8" (.125") in diameter
and approximagely .375-.4375" (3/8 to 7/16", 10mm) length. 2AG's are
too long (listed as 0.6"), and... and I'm wondering if Littelfuse
PicoII fuses would do fine in this application (they have a 3.5A 125V
model and they would fit...).

Electrically, it's stamped 125V, 3.5A. It comes from a Royal paper
shredder that's about 5 years old, where it sports little axial lead
end caps soldered onto each end of the fuse (yes, I was naughty and
attempted to test the 3 sheet promise on the box).

TIA for any insight of advise. I'm wondering if things like the
Picofuse just supplanted these things and that's why I can't find
them.

Best Regards,

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

As long as the electrical specs match, it makes no
difference which fuse size/brand name/model/whatever
you use. So if the Pico matches, and you can install
it in the available space, you'll be fine.

For a shredder, SLO-BLO is preferable to FAST-BLO.
Digikey sells the PICO II SLO-BLO fuses for $1.81
each. The part number is F1207CT-ND. There's a
$5.00 handling charge for orders under $25.00

Dimensions of the fuse: lead length 1.47" (each lead)
Fuse body length: .280" diameter: .125

So - you can go that route - get the Pico (and some
spares) as long as it physically fits - and from
the specs, it appears it does.

 

[Todd H.]

ehsjr@bellatlantic.net writes:

As long as the electrical specs match, it makes no difference which
fuse size/brand name/model/whatever you use. So if the Pico matches,
and you can install it in the available space, you'll be fine.

For a shredder, SLO-BLO is preferable to FAST-BLO. Digikey sells
the PICO II SLO-BLO fuses for $1.81 each. The part number is
F1207CT-ND. There's a $5.00 handling charge for orders under $25.00

Dimensions of the fuse: lead length 1.47" (each lead) Fuse body
length: .280" diameter: .125

So - you can go that route - get the Pico (and some spares) as long
as it physically fits - and from the specs, it appears it does.

Cool--thanks for the verification. I got a 5-pack of the pico's from
partsexpress added on to an order I was already making there. Can't
reall if they're fast or slo blo, but we'll see how it works out.

I guess the only thing I miss in this arrangement is the indicating
nature of the small glass fuse, but now that I know more about this
shredder, I know that this fuse will be the likely cause of it
stopping.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

 

"Todd H." wrote:

ehsjr@bellatlantic.net writes:
As long as the electrical specs match, it makes no difference which
fuse size/brand name/model/whatever you use. So if the Pico matches,
and you can install it in the available space, you'll be fine.

For a shredder, SLO-BLO is preferable to FAST-BLO. Digikey sells
the PICO II SLO-BLO fuses for $1.81 each. The part number is
F1207CT-ND. There's a $5.00 handling charge for orders under $25.00

Dimensions of the fuse: lead length 1.47" (each lead) Fuse body
length: .280" diameter: .125

So - you can go that route - get the Pico (and some spares) as long
as it physically fits - and from the specs, it appears it does.

Cool--thanks for the verification. I got a 5-pack of the pico's from
partsexpress added on to an order I was already making there. Can't
reall if they're fast or slo blo, but we'll see how it works out.

I guess the only thing I miss in this arrangement is the indicating
nature of the small glass fuse, but now that I know more about this
shredder, I know that this fuse will be the likely cause of it
stopping.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

You might want to consider replacing the axial fuse with a
fuse holder mounted through the body of the shredder for
easier replacement. You could make a simple indicator
LED circuit with 3 parts - a LED, capacitor and diode.
so if it blows the LED lights - or goes out - your choice.
This of course depends on how much room you have in there.

 

[Todd H.]

ehsjr@bellatlantic.net writes:

You might want to consider replacing the axial fuse with a
fuse holder mounted through the body of the shredder for
easier replacement. You could make a simple indicator
LED circuit with 3 parts - a LED, capacitor and diode.
so if it blows the LED lights - or goes out - your choice.
This of course depends on how much room you have in there.

Yeah...I'd love to, but given how small this odd fuse is, there isn't
much room. It'll be something I'll try to shoehorn in if the pico's
start blowing...but I'm hoping that won't happen if I'm a good boy and
only shred a page at a time.

Search fodder: This is a Royal Orca crosscut shredder by the way, and
it's been sitting idle for over a year on my todo list stymied by
their use of a fuse you can't seem to find a direct replacement for.
Make your purchasing decisions apropriately.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/