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MacMeter:

You won't buy a replacement that is only 700VAC, or 1kV but 100mA higher, but consider buying Chinese fakes? This doesn't make any sense to me.
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Sorry, but as I mentioned in my post #57: "The first fuse you linked is 500 mA, not 400 mA, so that's not the spec the manual calls for. I'm not electronically qualified to know if the small 100 mA difference is acceptable?"

So I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how to SAFELY substitute a fuses VAC or mA rating, or both to arrive at an equal fuse rating. Forgive my ignorance, but I'm simply following the logic that the DMM designers specified a particular fuse for a reason, with safety and and liability considered. Finding the called for replacement fuse, has so far been impossible.
rsjsouza:

--- Quote from: MacMeter on February 15, 2017, 10:03:50 pm ---I may have to risk buying them on EBay or Amazon, and hope they work properly. Brymen's website is horrible, and I've tried many sources as shown in above posts.

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If the picture is the same as the product, this ebay listing seems quite legit.

I ran into a similar problem with the fuses for my Brymen BM857, but these had a slightly different rating (same size but 0,63Ax500V). I ended up buying from Amazon and they are quality fuses. 
wraper:

--- Quote from: MacMeter on February 16, 2017, 04:33:21 pm ---
--- Quote ---You won't buy a replacement that is only 700VAC, or 1kV but 100mA higher, but consider buying Chinese fakes? This doesn't make any sense to me.

--- End quote ---

Sorry, but as I mentioned in my post #57: "The first fuse you linked is 500 mA, not 400 mA, so that's not the spec the manual calls for. I'm not electronically qualified to know if the small 100 mA difference is acceptable?"

So I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how to SAFELY substitute a fuses VAC or mA rating, or both to arrive at an equal fuse rating. Forgive my ignorance, but I'm simply following the logic that the DMM designers specified a particular fuse for a reason, with safety and and liability considered. Finding the called for replacement fuse, has so far been impossible.

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MacMeter:

--- Quote from: rsjsouza on February 16, 2017, 07:24:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: MacMeter on February 15, 2017, 10:03:50 pm ---I may have to risk buying them on EBay or Amazon, and hope they work properly. Brymen's website is horrible, and I've tried many sources as shown in above posts.

--- End quote ---
If the picture is the same as the product, this ebay listing seems quite legit.

I ran into a similar problem with the fuses for my Brymen BM857, but these had a slightly different rating (same size but 0,63Ax500V). I ended up buying from Amazon and they are quality fuses.

--- End quote ---

Thanks, in fact I found the same EBay seller earlier the same day you posted. According to the sellers profile, he lives in the U.K., and the prices seemed proper, so I doubt they are fakes. I ordered a 5 pack. In the meantime I finally heard back from Brymen, of course this was after I placed the EBay order. Here is a link to the USA website that has the fuse, though the code is totally different, the specs are correct. $8.00/each is a bit more expensive then the eBay sellers price, they even have the larger 11amp fuse on the site, again the code is not a Bussmann fuse in that case, oddly enough it's the same price as the smaller .4amp fuse. Not a big deal, but I did respond back to Brymen, asking why the code is different, as I suspect it is not a SIBA brand fuse. I hope all this nonsense helps another BM235 owner that believes having a few proper spare fuses is smart.

http://www.matcotools.com/catalog/product/FS2MAFUSE/MD319-FS2-FUSE/
rsjsouza:

--- Quote from: MacMeter on February 20, 2017, 04:47:36 am ---
--- Quote from: rsjsouza on February 16, 2017, 07:24:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: MacMeter on February 15, 2017, 10:03:50 pm ---I may have to risk buying them on EBay or Amazon, and hope they work properly. Brymen's website is horrible, and I've tried many sources as shown in above posts.

--- End quote ---
If the picture is the same as the product, this ebay listing seems quite legit.

I ran into a similar problem with the fuses for my Brymen BM857, but these had a slightly different rating (same size but 0,63Ax500V). I ended up buying from Amazon and they are quality fuses.

--- End quote ---

Thanks, in fact I found the same EBay seller earlier the same day you posted. According to the sellers profile, he lives in the U.K., and the prices seemed proper, so I doubt they are fakes. I ordered a 5 pack. In the meantime I finally heard back from Brymen, of course this was after I placed the EBay order. Here is a link to the USA website that has the fuse, though the code is totally different, the specs are correct. $8.00/each is a bit more expensive then the eBay sellers price, they even have the larger 11amp fuse on the site, again the code is not a Bussmann fuse in that case, oddly enough it's the same price as the smaller .4amp fuse. Not a big deal, but I did respond back to Brymen, asking why the code is different, as I suspect it is not a SIBA brand fuse. I hope all this nonsense helps another BM235 owner that believes having a few proper spare fuses is smart.

http://www.matcotools.com/catalog/product/FS2MAFUSE/MD319-FS2-FUSE/

--- End quote ---
Thanks for the info; I can even find the fuses for my BM857 there.

I agree with you; they may not be SIBA fuses.
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