Dear All, Assume subject ITE product is to me marketed worldwide and has an inlet with fuseholder. Fuse rating calculated at 3 A. The problem is that a 3 A fuse is readily available in N. America as Listed 250 V/3 A but not readily available worldwide - in such locations IEC 127 type 250 V /3.15 A rating is readily available. Manufacturer intends to stock and ship units with a Listed 250 V 3 A fuse - stocking of two different fuses is a problem from the logistics side.
Question: What should the fuse rating markings be? Marking 250 V 3 A is good for US and Canadian customers since they could go to the nearest supply store and obtain a Listed fuse. However, for European and other customers, the fuse rating marking can be misleading since IEC127 type fuses are rated at 3.15 A. Do you all agree that a fuse rating marking is not required? Since most fuseholders in appliance inlets can be opened only by means of a coin or other tool, the fuse symbol can be marked adjacent to the fuseholder and the ratings 250 V 3 A (Noth America) and 250 V 3.15 A (other countries) can be explained in the service manual. This is allowed in the 950 standard. This also eliminates the need for the English/French user accessible cautionary statement "CAUTION: For continued protection against risk of fire, replace only with same type and rating of fuse" required by the US/Canadian deviations which manufacturers have a tough time making room for such long statements. Peter Merguerian _____ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster. <http://search.yahoo.com/?fr=ad-mailsig-home>
