Where Can You Find Rare Electronic Parts? 35
Famos Amos asks: "I recently blew a fuse on an old Phase Linear 400 stereo amplifier, and have since been on a journey around NY state and the web looking for an AGX-style fuse (8amps, 125v or 250v, 1"X1/4" cylinder style). I've been turned away by stereo repair specialty stores, online electronics warehouses, and Radioshack among others. I was wondering if anyone in the Slashdot community knew where I could obtain such an unusual item?" If you know of a store or website that sells AGX-style fuses or other hard-to-obtain or surplus electronic parts, list them here!
Almost what you need.. (Score:3, Informative)
Is Google really -that- hard to use? (Score:5, Informative)
8A, 250V 8AG fuses made by Littelfuse, Inc. may be found here [digikey.com]. $0.274 ea, minimum quantity of 5. 2,655 in stock.
NEXT!
Re:Unavailabe? (Score:1)
Re:Unavailabe? (Score:1)
Fuses (Score:2, Informative)
8 amp 250v 1.25" by
Right size, it'll fit, it'll work.
Re:Fuses (Score:2, Informative)
8AG and AGX fuses are 1/4 inch diameter and 1 inch long; 3AG and AGC fuses are 1/4 inch diameter and 1-1/4 inch long. There are other physical sizes including 2AG and 5x20mm. All come in slow-blow, normal-blow, and fast-acting. So you need the correct physical size to fit the holder as well as the correct electrical rating to fit the application.
Check Bussmann and Littelfuse for tech data.
Check Digi-Key, Allied, Newark, any other electronic distributor for price and availability. But watch for minimum order value rules. Radio Shack claims that if they don't have it, they can order it -- I've never tried.
Re:Fuses (Score:1)
If it's intended to protect an output device against a shorted speaker lead, you *do not* want a slow-blow fuse. Fuses, and your time to replace them, are a lot less expensive than output transistors and the shop labor to replace them.
In any event, the fuse should be replaced with one of the same size and rating as is marked on the equipment. The designer will (or should) have considered the inrush current in the specification of the fuse.
fix the amp first... (Score:4, Insightful)
Rare Electronics (Score:3, Informative)
Just last week here in Melbourne FL we had one. Some of the goodies I saw were a 1949 RCA TV set and a Motorola repeater with a 1958 in service date on it (both items working). There were tubes galore, antennas, coax, radios, etc.
Re:Rare Electronics (Score:1)
Re:Rare Electronics (Score:1)
Computer/Tech Flea Markets? [slashdot.org]
A few places... (Score:2)
Antique Elcetronics Supply: http://www.tubesandmore.com/
Triode Electronics: http://store.yahoo.com/triodeel/index.html
Or
Angela Instruments: http://www.angela.com/
Not suprised about Radio Shack (Score:2)
However, here are some places I would try:
Grainger(sp?), which was already mentioned in another post, seems to carry a lot of wierd stuff you can't find anywhere else.
McMaster-Carr might be another place to look, for the same reasons as Grainger, and their online catalog is the best I've ever used.
USENET, aka Google Groups. I'm sure there are a few groups dedicated to old amps, and I wouldn't be at all suprised if there were one dedicated to exactly the one you have.
Search for equivalent parts. What things are called changes sometimes. There are various reasons why, but it's fairly common in electronics. You can buy gigantic books that deal only with what parts are equivalent to what based on manufacturer part numbers and such. Given that, you AGX style fuse could easily still be manufactured under a different name. Someone mentioned 8AG, and I wouldn't be at all suprised if there were at least 2 more.
Finally, you could modify the amp, or make an adapter for it, that would accept a fuse type that is easier to find. This is actually what I would probably do (make an adapter, I mean, it's always a shame when people start hacking up old gear). This is not an uncommon thing to do, for instance Groove Tubes sells (or did 10 years ago, anyway) solid state replacements for rectifier tubes since they have become extremely difficult to find (and they're part of the power supply, so it doesn't effect the sound). You may be able to find such a thing for your situation.
Re:Not suprised about Radio Shack (Score:1)
In MY day, mumble, grumble. . . ten miles of snow, every day! uphill! BOTH WAYS! . . . wound our own transformer coils with our TEETH . . . cast our own ferrite cores out of melted down cobbler's nails. . . bitch, moan, complain
Re:This is it? (Score:1)
Maybe we should start a "secret" internet for
people like us who know it all
you know how I can find some of that porn on
the internet that everybody talks about?
(NO! Do not put me on any damn mailing lists
you idiots, I was still kidding.)
Creative solutions (Score:3, Insightful)
And if you can't find a fuse, can I have the amp? :-)
The MIT Flea! (Score:1)
Im afraid that you need to fly to Tokyo...... (Score:1)
Newark (Score:2, Informative)
Here's your fuse [newark.com]
Phil
Where Can You Find Rare Electronic Parts? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Newark! (Score:2)
Just run some AWG 32 between the terminals!
AWG 16 make for a good ~30A fuse.