Need a little help from the electronics repair gurus...

[redneksoldier]

So, we must have had a power surge at my house last week. Nearly every surge protector in the house went up in a poof of smoke, saving all of my electronics. I guess they did their job, but stunk up the house awfully bad. All of my household electronics were spared, but in the shop, I had my nice, new battery charger plugged directly into the outlet and it no longer works. Also, my Makita cordless drill charger is out of commission.

I took it apart and found it surprisingly easy to troubleshoot. It seems that there is a 250V, 4A, time-delay fuse soldered to the PCB that has blown. I haven't checked the Makita charger yet, but I'm sure it will be the same type of deal.

I was just wondering if anyone here knows of a good place to buy these things?

I was also considering replacing it with a glass-type fuse (T4A slow-blow) and a panel-mount holder so it is accessible from the outside in case it ever happens again. Any one know if this will work?

Here's a poor pic, but the fuse is circled in Blue.

 

[D-Max2012]

Are you sure that's the fuse you circled?
Looks to me that you have a 30amp Blade type fuse on the upper right hand side of the photo..

 

[redneksoldier]

Yes, its a fuse. that other fuse is for the DC (output) side of things.

 

[D-Max2012]

Well, if you can get the part number off the component, you can try DigiKey.com to see if they might have that part.

 

[jfeagins]

Is this like the one you have? Hard for me to see the pic. http://m.ebay.com/itm/221581150463?nav=SEARCH I searched ebay and found several offerings to choose from.

Power surge? Have you asked your power company for help? Because if it came in on their line for some reason, they may stand behind any repair, or replacement expenses you have. The company I work for would.

 

[D-Max2012]

JFeagns, That might be what hes looking for..
Need a closer pic of that component.

 

[redneksoldier]

Yep, that's it. I'm going to do a little more searching and see if there is a u.s. Supplier

 

[jfeagins]

Yep, that's it. I'm going to do a little more searching and see if there is a u.s. Supplier

You could order from Digikey, or another company claiming a US address, and they'll get it from China, if that's what floats yer boat. You'd just pay the addt'l markup. I don't think stuff like this is made anywhere in the USA nowadays. Someone is going to have to phone that order in to China.