Blowing Hub Fuses

[urthegman]

Made this to help.....no shorting test leads with anything ...
580 ohm in series with the led, crimped on pins 3 and 7

quick and easy.....like my...oh nevermind....

Brilliant!!!! Any chance of you doing a how to for the electronically challenged among us?

[caretaker]

Very well thought out! Thanks for passing the tip along. 

[wwwgator]

as simple as it is....

[travailen]

Now that I have changed my layout, I am considering moving the fuses to the pigtails that run between the hub and the SSCs.

Rick S

[rm357]

Just resist the temptation to leave the fuse out.
The over-current condition that blew the fuse will find something else to burn out if there is no fuse.

Burning nodes
Melted cat 5
Burnt traces

Makes replacing those pesky fuses look easy to repair...

[wwwgator]

If you notice in the picture, I didnt install my fuses until after I had the RJ-45 jacks installed.
 I inserted the fuses and turned the board upside, the fuses now "fall" to the same height as the jacks and soldered in place.
 If I were to blow the fuse, it's easier to test and to grip the bad fuse for easy replacement.
 I wish I thought of this on my first SSH.

[dpitts]

When a fuse blows on my hubs (have not had one blow this year) I do not remove it. I just solder a new one on the back of board. May not be the cleanest but removing fuses too many times is not good for pcb either.

[pk]

wwwgator -

That is how I mounted my fuses too after reading about the difficulty of replacing fuses from other members.