Ceramic fuses, What are they worth to ya? Options

[914Wes]

I found a stash of ceramic fuses in 8, 16, and 25 amp. About 2-300 of each are available. I was wondering what do you guys figure spare fuses are worth now that they are not being made in ceramic anymore. How would you guys like to purchase spares? I could make them into complete set of 12 for the fuse panel, 1 of each needed depending on year, or perhaps just small 5 packs like the 911 did it with 3 x 8 amp fuses, 1x 16 amp, 1 x 25 amp? Obviously not trying to do this to get rich but would need to make it worth my time to repack/ship fuses.

[Dave_Darling]

Hmmmm.... Now I'm starting to wonder if I can make the ceramic bodies for the fuses....

--DD

[bdstone914]

Hmmmm.... Now I'm starting to wonder if I can make the ceramic bodies for the fuses....

--DD

I think making the copper strip and installing it is the harder part. I was looking last nite how the strip wraps around the ends and back.

[wonkipop]

Hmmmm.... Now I'm starting to wonder if I can make the ceramic bodies for the fuses....

--DD

I think making the copper strip and installing it is the harder part. I was looking last nite how the strip wraps around the ends and back.

spot on.

if you look around you can still pick up whites and reds with the copper/brass filament.
they are plastic bodied but the filaments are still reasonable.

it seems even these are no longer made and whoever is making these has switched to an aluminium (thats al you min e um in english (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) type of filament. this filament is not so great. but if you were to grab some of the older brass/copper filaments then they could be transferred across to a ceramic core.

a good way to go would be grab a set of these on offer. to retain as cores.
or even just a few of each type to serve as cores.
and go out and get a bigger pack of the older plastic ones.
i think that would set most folks up for the future.

whats really being offered here are cores, that are valuable at this point in time.
but not at the kind of crazy prices.

i took a look at my fusebox on the weekend. its been a while, nothings fried anything for years. some (nearly all) the white 8 amp and all the red fuses are not only ceramic but they have the tin filaments. remember those. predates the copper/brass types.


in the workshop here we have a stack of the plastic core, brass copper filament types that mike got quite a while back, they are for the mercs he looks after. i asked him about the fuse bodies. he has been transferring them across to the ceramic cores whenever he has to replace a fuse. i never thought to ask him. he says he also checks out cars in old up country wrecking yards whenever he goes to them for other parts. always finds a few but they are getting to be a rare sight.