I do not know where the information I have originally came from, but I got this and have been using this for over 30 years:
FF = Very Fast Acting F = Fast Acting (Common) M = Medium Time Lag T = Time Lag (Common) TT = Long Time Lag I got this from Bud Lang who was our Safety Guru at Heath Kit many years ago. The Other Brian On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 5:33 PM Douglas E Powell <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > Over the years, I've seen various ways people include a caution or warning, > in their user documents or product labels, for replacement fuses. Similar > to: "replace only with same type and rating of fuse"; followed by a code: > T1.6AH250V. > And for those who may not understand the code, they may sometimes add in > parentheses some variant of "(1.6 Amp time-lag, ~250V, high breaking > capacity)". > > So now to my question, US manufacturers sometimes use the phrase "SLO-BLO" > or "Slow Blow" instead of Time-Lag or Time-Delay. Are these terms commonly > used internationally and if so, are they clearly understood? > > I took some time to look up SLO-BLO and found it's a registered trademark > for Littelfuse going back to 1957, and it has been continuously renewed > since that time. > > Incidentally, a German Engineer once told me the way he would designate a > fuse type for a variety of tripping characteristics was in this order from > very slow to very fast: TT1.0A250V, T1.0A250V, 1.0A250V, F1.0A250V, > FF1.0A250V. > > Thanks, -Doug > > > Douglas E Powell > Laporte, Colorado USA > > (UTC -07:00) Mountain Time (US-MST) > > > > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to < > [email protected]> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in > well-used formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <[email protected]> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <[email protected]> > David Heald <[email protected]> > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
