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Fluke fake multimeter fuse WARNING!
CustomEngineerer:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 28, 2017, 12:27:13 am ---I'm now selling genuine ASTM fuses in a mixed pack.
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At a genuine price?
james_s:
How about cutting open a few samples of suspected counterfeit fuses to see what's inside them? I'd be curious to see just how junky they are. I'm sure someone could make a reasonable quality approximation of the real deal for a lot less but I'm betting most of the fakes are just a cheap fuse element inside a cardboard or plastic tube.
joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 28, 2017, 12:27:13 am ---I'm now selling genuine ASTM fuses in a mixed pack.
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I remember you mentioning it and I looked at your Amazon store but did not see them listed.
--- Quote from: james_s on April 28, 2017, 12:41:05 am ---How about cutting open a few samples of suspected counterfeit fuses to see what's inside them? I'd be curious to see just how junky they are. I'm sure someone could make a reasonable quality approximation of the real deal for a lot less but I'm betting most of the fakes are just a cheap fuse element inside a cardboard or plastic tube.
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I bought a few and as I mentioned I plan to check the filler of the one after I check the trip current. I think depending what I see there, I may hook one up to the transient generator. Not very scientific but if there is no filler we may get a small bang.
Even Asia Fuse are filled...
Fungus:
--- Quote from: joeqsmith on April 28, 2017, 12:52:47 am ---if there is no filler we may get a small bang.
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Not impossible, but ... they'd have to be total cheapskates to not put filler in them. You can get sand for free almost anywhere in the world.
joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: Fungus on April 28, 2017, 01:08:05 am ---
--- Quote from: joeqsmith on April 28, 2017, 12:52:47 am ---if there is no filler we may get a small bang.
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Not impossible, but ... they'd have to be total cheapskates to not put filler in them. You can get sand for free almost anywhere in the world.
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Nothing is free. First they have to dig, sift, clean, dry and then install it. That's a lot of cost...
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