Smarthome FilterLinc fuse

[bkenobi]

The fuses arrived today.  They appear identical to the originals other than the markings obviously.  After installing the new fuse in each filter, they work as expected.  Thanks for the help!   

[Brian H]

OK That is good news.
I had a feeling it would work. I have seen a post on another automation forum of replacing the fuse fixed them.

[bkenobi]

Old thread, but it's mine so I'll do what I want with it.   

I have some 5A versions available for a pretty good price.  I'm thinking of buying them and if the fuse blows replacing with 10A fuses.  Any thoughts?

[Brian H]

Well I have seen no confirmation of this.
When I compared the guts of a 5 amp and 10 amp FilterLinc. All the coils and capacitors looked identical only the fuse as different.
The silk screened raw board number was the same. Between my 5 and 10 amp FilterLincs I opened to observe.
IMHO. Same board except a smaller fuse.
When you get your 5 amp ones. You can do a comparison of your own between them.

Faded memory here. I believe users on the Smarthome Forums had replaced the 5 amp fuse with a 10 amp one.

[bkenobi]

I picked up 3 5A Filterlinc's for $10/ea and all work correctly.  I don't really need the 10A versions, I was just thinking it would be nice to have them all identical since the only visual difference between the 5A and 10A is a small part number on the back.  It would be easy to grab the wrong ones potentially.  If I burn the fuse on one of these, I'll verify that the modules are identical prior to installing the bigger fuse.

[Brian H]

Yes the part number difference is just a -10 tacked onto the end of the main part number.