[time-nuts] 10811 unsoldered fuse

Dan Rae danrae at verizon.net
Tue Oct 20 15:32:54 UTC 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



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