Hi, Frank,

As I understand consumer safety regulations, if you provide an 
externally accessible fuse holder you still must have an internal, 
soldered-in fuse that is not user changeable. I believe it may be of 
higher value than what is in the user-accessible holder, but it still 
must provide protection against the unit burning up. In the past that 
was sometimes taken care of by installing a fusible link in the power 
transformer that would render the transformer inoperative and you'd have 
to replace the entire transformer. There have been different variations 
of this over time, and different scenarios are probably acceptable, but 
having a user-replaceable fuse as the only protection is not considered 
protection at all. Even if the codes did not require it, I would suspect 
the manufacturer's risk analyst/attorney would...unless the attorney was 
an outside one looking for more defence work <smile>.

Cheers,

Richard

On 2012-01-31 10:15 AM, Frank Strauss wrote:
> I discovered that the fuse was
> soldered in.  It's toward the back left.  It indeed was blown.  I cut it
> out and put in a fuse holder/fuse from Radio Shack. The radio has worked
> well since then. I am puzzled why they would solder the fuse in.  I guess
> they want you to send it back for repair.

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