Who knows where to buy 20mm 20A fuses

[Mussels]

'Cos Maplin don't have them and now I'm stumped.

I got some 10A delay fuses and I'm hoping they will get me round until I find the right ones.
That'll teach me to check the fuse when the motor stops working, it wasn't the fuse at fault but it fell apart when I opened the holder.

 

[morphix]

Few sellers like this one, got them on eBay.

 

[Kudoscycles]

Yeh....we had problems sourcing them in the UK-if these are the battery fuses we have hundreds in stock-every Kudos bike goes out with a couple of spares so any dealer should have some or ring us Monday and we will put in the post.
Dave
KudosCycles

 

[karl101]

you mean the fuse holder fell to bits? then a bigger fuse won't help, the fuse holder is rated for a particular current and will self-destruct if you draw power over that. On my bike I had to replace the 10A fuse holder with a 10A inline spade car fuse.

You can work out the specfication of the fuse holder: Watts (of motor) / Volts = Amps the fuse holders are normally rated for mains voltage, eg 250v at 6.3A. With a 250W motor and a 36V battery this pulls 6.9A and the fuse holder melts.

I would not repace a 10A fuse with a 20A one. A short on the circuit could cause catastrophic failure before the fuse expires.

Karl.

 

[Mussels]

I was the fuse that had blown rather than the holder and I replaced a 20A ceramic fuse with a 10A glass slow blow one. Happily it got me home OK but I don't expect it to last long.

 

[karl101]

this is a 20mm 20A: SCHURTER|0034.3130|FUSE, ANTISURGE 20A | Farnell United Kingdom I believe the postage is free.

Karl.

 

[Mussels]

this is a 20mm 20A: SCHURTER|0034.3130|FUSE, ANTISURGE 20A | Farnell United Kingdom I believe the postage is free.

Karl.

I'm not sure that will last, glass fuses are more fragile than ceramic, I've got a glass fuse in there now but I'll use morphix's suggestion and get them from eBay. I really should have thought of that myself.
And thanks to Kudos for the offer of sending me some.