Fuses as clippers?

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Post by FloPoeKo »

I heard a weird rumor that some pedals employ glass-fuses as clippers instead of diodes and transistors...
Does anyone know anything specific? Schematics? Pics?

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Post by plush »

Yeah, they clip under high load...
But only once.

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Post by FiveseveN »

I guess you can use a diode for a fuse, kinda, but you definitely can't use a fuse as a diode.
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Post by Fender3D »

The same as you can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish...

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Post by phatt »

Yeah I wanted to use reverse wound diodes but could not find any. :mrgreen:
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It's probably more efficient to use fuses as jumpers 8)

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Post by Ice-9 »

I'm going to guess someone just say some glass germanium diodes and confused them with fuses. :slap:
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