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Synergistic Orange and purple fuses popping

 

Synergistic Orange and purple fuses popping

I recently upgraded all my gear with the new Synergistic orange and purple fuses (15 in all) What a difference! My Cary SLP-05 preamp with 8 Vintage Tungsten  6SN7 tubes is having problems with the Orange and Purple Synergistic fuses in the power supply. For some reason when I turn on the preamp amp after warming up the powersupply unit, the 2 power supply fuses pop. So far Synergistic has been gracious and replaced them twice now. I increased  the 2 large slow blow fuses from 1amp to 2amps after asking Cary audio what I should try. I also spoke with Synergistic and they agreed their fuses are sensitive but all the stock fuses I ever used have worked flawlessly. Any body out there with any similar problems and maybe a solution? Any upgraded hi-fi fuses that may be less prone to popping? I think it may be due to a current rush (tube related) when I go from off to on. Help!

Thanks

gregtheis

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dhite71
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Glad you got yours figured out, Greg

I had a post last year where I tried the SR Blue in an integrated amp and it blew upon first power up.  The dealer recommended going to a higher-rated but Audio Research did not condone nor recommend this.  There was no problem whatsoever with that amp and this only occurred with the SR fuse.

The current ORANGE30 sale had me considering another go as I have changed electronics to different ARC models now with separates.

I talked to another dealer today, nice lady out in CA, and she said many customers up the values but nonetheless if I want to give it another go at the mfg ratings they are happy to sell and give a full refund if they pop.  This frustrates me that the problem even exists.  Spending $110 each at this point in the game is meaningless....I really wish I could comfortably try them out to let my ears decide if anything happens....oh well.

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