[time-nuts] 10811 unsoldered fuse
Dan Rae
danrae at verizon.net
Tue Oct 20 11:32:54 EDT 2015
On 10/19/2015 11:51 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> The thermal fuse plugs into pin sockets. It cannot be
> soldered for the obvious reason that the solder
> would melt it...at 109 degrees as it is marked.
> My suggestion would be to jumper it out of the circuit.
>
However, if you'd rather have some small degree of protection against
meltdown due to the thermistor failing open, a good replacement which
fits is available for less than $1 from Digikey: EYP-1BF115.
This was discussed about a year ago at some length.
Dan
More information about the time-nuts
mailing list