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I am looking for an SF152E thermal fuse

I am looking for an SF152E thermal fuse. This is used in a tabletop distiller. The distiller plugs into an standard 115volt 15 amp outlet(USA). This is a 152 degree C fuse rated at 10 amps.

Here is a link to a pdf,

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I am able to find the fuse on ebay but the guy is asking $8.95 plus $2.00 shipping, yeesh! I can get them from Chatham Components for $2.00 a piece but they have a 10 piece minimum policy, plus what ever shipping. It is a toss up of $10.95 for one or $20.00 plus for ten. I checked Mouser, Digikey and Jameco with no luck.

Hmm, Hosfelt has 15 amp thermal fuses but that may be too high an amperage.

This morning I replaced the dead fuse with another , I wish I wrote down the specs, but it was a 139 degree C. So far it is working ok but I would rather be prepared for when it goes again. I believe the fuse failed initially because the distiller gets plugged and unplugged, a spike drooping the fuse until failure or just plain old age got it.

Thanks for any help, Thor

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Thor
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Could you just remotely monitor the fuse temperature with a calibrated diode , fixed to it, and DVM on diode test. Then move the present fuse further away , until it is about 10 degrees less in temperature, in operation ? Assuming a 1N4001 can go to 130 degrees or so , untroubled

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N_Cook

Not readily. The heating element is on the bottom of the distiller and so is the thermal fuse. You put a gallon of water in the tank and then it boils it all out, until the thermostat(preset) clicks the distiller off.

Here is what it looks like,

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The stainless steel basin is inside and bolts down through the bottom plate, which fits VERY snuggly. I couldn't leave everything unbolted so I could get a probe up in there.

I am almost positive that the fuse went out not because of over temp or amperage but because of fatigue. I think these things are supposed to be throw away items lasting only about a year and I have had this around 6 years. I got the replacement fuse from my older distiller, it was about 6 years old too and rust got the better of it.

I forgot about BG Micro,

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Much better than $ebay$. I just wish that BG Micro had .187(3/16") female quick disconects too, my older distiller is all 1/4".

Thanks for the reply, I may end up using it if push comes to shove later on.

Thor

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Thor

Buy 10 from Chatham. Keep two. Sell remaining 8 on eBay for $5.95 plus shipping.

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PeterD

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If its the right temperature and physically fits then use it ! The 15 amp is the max current carrying capacity without it failing.

All that will happen is the fuse will fail at a lower temperature.

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Baron

On Sun, 24 May 2009 04:53:53 -0400, Thor put finger to keyboard and composed:

Add a 10A regular fuse in series ?

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Franc Zabkar

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Thermal fuses are not supposed to act as a normal fuse. The current spec is not a fuse current, but it tells what the thermal fuse can stand without failure. So just use the 15A part, the temperature spec is the important one.

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Sjouke Burry

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