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Is there a solid fuse-like item that I can use in place of a fuse, to bypass it?

Hi All,

instead of using a "gourmet" fuse in certain situations, I want to bypass the fuse entirely with a solid piece of metal. I also want to avoid soldering-in a piece of wire in the fuse’s place.

Are there solid pieces of silver or copper, the same size as a fuse, that i can swap into a fuse holder?

fai_v
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pesky_wabbit
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gonna go braze some copper pipe over my distribution box right now..

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fuzztone
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Burn baby burn.

theaudiotweak
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Hint a non UL approved device with dual polarities available in diiferent shapes including rods and cylinders and in different strengths. Enter at your own risk.

rodman99999
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     30+ years ago: I tried some of the following*, in my first pair of Magnepans, to see if I could discern an improvement, before simply bypassing the fuse holder/attenuator circuit entirely (moved & resoldered one wire).

     I'd never consider defeating the protection afforded any of my other components' circuitry.

                  Especially: their high-dollar/unobtainium power transformers.

                                             Proceed at your own risk!

*https://www.riogrande.com/Product/sterling-silver-round-rods-dead-soft/101980

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fai_v OP
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In the event of a surge, will transistors within the amplifier not get fried anyhow?  thereby acting like fuses anyway?  

Do power amplifier fuses ever blow while leaving transistors unharmed?

 

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