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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:08 am    Post subject: Thermal fuses on transformers "to protect the transform Reply with quote


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If the idea is truly to protect the transformer, then why the heck do they bury them deep inside the windings so that it is un-serviceable. It's junk anyway. Rolling Eyes

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Because the transformer would already have melted down and shorted by the time a more serviceable fuse pops... (being thermal, at least in part, it must be embedded in the windings.) I'm surprised it's not a Klixon self-resetting circuit breaker.
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are we talking autobot or decepticon here? It makes a difference, you know... Smile
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's almost always an easy fix. Cut open the outside wax paper layer of the windings, expose the fuse solder points, short out the fuse with a jumper wire, throw electrical tape around the whole transformer to hide the exposed 110 volt windings, you're done.
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

perisoft wrote:
Are we talking autobot or decepticon here? It makes a difference, you know... Smile


Damn you beat me to it Optomus.

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Curt Palme wrote:
It's almost always an easy fix. Cut open the outside wax paper layer of the windings, expose the fuse solder points, short out the fuse with a jumper wire, throw electrical tape around the whole transformer to hide the exposed 110 volt windings, you're done.


Do you offer fire insurance with that, Curt?

I've certainly done that, but I replace the damn fuse! Don't give anyone ideas. Shocked

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd be happy as a pig in $hit just to get it going long enough to figure out the secondary voltage. That way I could source a aftermarket transformer to replace it with.
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PostLink    Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heywood Jablome wrote:
Because the transformer would already have melted down and shorted by the time a more serviceable fuse pops... (being thermal, at least in part, it must be embedded in the windings.) I'm surprised it's not a Klixon self-resetting circuit breaker.


A fuseable link is way cheaper and takes up way less space and makes it throw-away. Just the way the suppliers like it Rolling Eyes

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PostLink    Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Do you offer fire insurance with that, Curt?

I've certainly done that, but I replace the damn fuse! Don't give anyone ideas. Shocked


Frankly, I don't bother. I've NEVER had a thermal fuse blow for good reason, ie transformer shorted, causing overheating.

EVERY amp, receiver. etc that I've seen has had another fuse to protect the unit in case of overload, (in series with the line cord) so there's already protection.

I don't think anything electronic with only a thermal fuse internal to the transformer would pass US or Canadian electrical code.
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PostLink    Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had to replace a control board on a kitchen stove because of a thermal fuse issue. The power was out and when it came back on the stove controller transformer got nuked. I ended up buying the minimum quantity of 25 fuses to replace the defective on the transformer. I guess I could have jumped it but I figure a stove is plugged in 24/7 and not exactly a safe device if something untoward happens.

I had been told that jumping the fuse on the control would cause problems with insurance if anything happened. That being said, it was the manufacturer's repair center that told me. I politely declined to buy the $450 control and dug up the fuses online.

That being said, I have run an older Sansui receiver for over a decade with a jumper over the thermal fuse. Another example of a weak fuse - no over heat, no excessive load - the device just went open and made the receiver garbage.
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PostLink    Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Curt Palme wrote:
Tinman wrote:


Do you offer fire insurance with that, Curt?

I've certainly done that, but I replace the damn fuse! Don't give anyone ideas. Shocked


Frankly, I don't bother. I've NEVER had a thermal fuse blow for good reason, ie transformer shorted, causing overheating.

EVERY amp, receiver. etc that I've seen has had another fuse to protect the unit in case of overload, (in series with the line cord) so there's already protection.

I don't think anything electronic with only a thermal fuse internal to the transformer would pass US or Canadian electrical code.


This is a transformer in a power supply that is part of the amp in a active subwoofer. It does have a fuse on the line in and a thermal on/in the transformer. The owners manual states that if the thermal blows, you must replace the transformer. My gripe is, there are many things external to the transformer that can cause it to heat up, not just shorted windings.

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PostLink    Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As I said, I've never had a case where one of those fuses blew for a legit reason. To boot, I used to work at a small appliance/TV repair shop, and countless thermal fuses were replaced in coffee makers. I think I remember hearing the appliance guy say once:

'Wow, a thermal fuse actually blew because the heating element was shorted'. Every other time, the fuse blew for no reason. In a coffeemaker however, that fuse is the ONLY fuse in the unit, and yes, in that case it was never bypassed. Smile
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PostLink    Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well you might be right. I don't have it in front of me at this time. The power input fuse has been checked and is OK. It seems as it is not getting power. When it gets here I'll ge to the bottom of it.
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PostLink    Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah Curt, I agree with ya there. I have yet top see a blown thermal fuse due to heat. I think they pop from surge current most of the time. Regardless, I always fuse the transformer again, even if it's only a regular fuse. Just in case.
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