Where Can You Find Rare Electronic Parts?

Famos Amos asks: "I recently blew a fuse on an old Phase Linear 400 stereo amplifier, and have since been on a journey around NY state and the web looking for an AGX-style fuse (8amps, 125v or 250v, 1"X1/4" cylinder style). I've been turned away by stereo repair specialty stores, online electronics warehouses, and Radioshack among others. I was wondering if anyone in the Slashdot community knew where I could obtain such an unusual item?" If you know of a store or website that sells AGX-style fuses or other hard-to-obtain or surplus electronic parts, list them here!

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Almost what you need..

[bsr]

7 amp 125V AGX fuses: http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp ?xi=xi&ItemId=1611664725

Is Google really -that- hard to use?

[adolf]

According to this document, AGX-type fuses are direcctly interchangable with 8AG-type fuses.

8A, 250V 8AG fuses made by Littelfuse, Inc. may be found here. $0.274 ea, minimum quantity of 5. 2,655 in stock.

NEXT!

fix the amp first...

[Bazman]

You don't want to keep blowing new fuses, so make sure you fix whatever was causing it to blow in the first place! It might be harder to find a replacement for the broken component (if that's what it was) than the fuse...

Rare Electronics

[N3MCB]

While this specific questions seems to have been answered by Digikey in the more general case I would suggest keeping an eye out for Hamfests. Many amateur radio clubs sponsor these events and there should be one near you at some time in the year. Most are good places to stock up on misc electronics.

Just last week here in Melbourne FL we had one. Some of the goodies I saw were a 1949 RCA TV set and a Motorola repeater with a 1958 in service date on it (both items working). There were tubes galore, antennas, coax, radios, etc.

Creative solutions

[Rick the Red]

You have to think back to the '70s, when that amp was made (they have fuses for a reason -- we didn't call 'em "Flame Linear" for nothing!). Electronics makers used the fuses commonly available at the time, which were AUTOMOTIVE fuses. Sure, most cars made since the early 1980s don't use those cylinder fuses anymore, but there's a lot more old cars on the road than old amps in people's living rooms, so for a fuse like that I'd try an auto parts store first.

And if you can't find a fuse, can I have the amp? :-)