I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete. The fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone has an idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas? Thanks

On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 8:17:03 PM UTC, Terryokeefe wrote:
I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment
we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a
replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete. The
fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone has an
idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas?
Thanks

If you dont tell us the fuse dims, how would we know? Is it by any chance 32mm long glass tubular fuse?


NT

Terryokeefe wrote:

I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew ...

Wherabouts was this fuse - inside the boiler (where?), or in a control unit,
or what?

Even if you replace the fuse a bigger problem will be whether it just
disintegrated due to age or if something else in the boiler (or a pump or
valve which I assume are physically separate from the boiler itself) expired
and the fuse blew as a consequence. Even if you do the fuse yourself are
you able to diagnose/repair other bits?

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On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 8:17:03 PM UTC, Terryokeefe wrote:
I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment
we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a
replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete.
The fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone
has an idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any
ideas? Thanks

If you dont tell us the fuse dims, how would we know? Is it by any chance
32mm long glass tubular fuse?


originally known as 1¼"

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On 24/02/2015 20:12, Terryokeefe wrote:

I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment
we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a
replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete. The
fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone has an
idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas?

If you mentioned some numerical dimensions and a voltage rating it would
be a heck of a lot easier to make some sensible suggestions.

Mind reading is exceptionally difficult over the internet!

Rapidonline would be the first place I looked followed by RS/Farnell.

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On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 8:19:50 PM UTC, wrote:
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 8:17:03 PM UTC, Terryokeefe wrote:
I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment
we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a
replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete. The
fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone has an
idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas?
Thanks

If you dont tell us the fuse dims, how would we know? Is it by any chance 32mm long glass tubular fuse?

1A do blow in time for no reason. 3A is the lowest that doesnt.


NT

On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:19:47 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 8:17:03 PM UTC, Terryokeefe wrote:
I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment
we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a
replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete. The
fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone has an
idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas?
Thanks

If you dont tell us the fuse dims, how would we know? Is it by any chance 32mm long glass tubular fuse?


NT


I'm going to have to wash my mouth out with water but Maplin's (spit)
is probebly his best bet if he want's one in a hurry.

To the OP, has the fuse blown violently, and blackened the glass or
has it just visibly fractured?
If the former there will be an underlying fault that you will need to
trace.
If the latter, if you are lucky, it might just have failed through
age.


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wrote:
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 8:19:50 PM UTC, wrote:
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 8:17:03 PM UTC, Terryokeefe wrote:
I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a
single problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at
the moment we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried
everywhere to get a replacement fuse but have been told that the
boiler is now obsolete. The fuse is bigger than today's fuses
therefore I wondering if anyone has an idea where I would possibly
get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas? Thanks

If you dont tell us the fuse dims, how would we know? Is it by any
chance 32mm long glass tubular fuse?

1A do blow in time for no reason. 3A is the lowest that doesnt.

perhasp the old 1A one was an antisurge one and you arec fitting a "quick
blow". Beside !A written on the cao, are there any other letters?

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Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

Terryokeefe wrote:

I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment
we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a
replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete. The
fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone has an
idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas?
Thanks

It's probably what I know as a 1.25" fuse, easily available from CPC
and such, or even Maplin possibly.

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Graham. wrote:

I'm going to have to wash my mouth out with water

That's the best thing for washing things out.

Bill

"Terryokeefe" wrote in message
...

I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment
we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a
replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete. The
fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone has an
idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas?
Thanks

If you are absolutely stuck, drill the end caps of the fuse and solder in
some wire.
You can strip down some flex to get a thin copper wire strand.

It is about a five amp rating BTW, so you have to be sure there is no actual
fault in this case.
On the other hand, the damage may already be done.

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 7:21:48 AM UTC, harry wrote:
"Terryokeefe" wrote in message
...

I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment
we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a
replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete. The
fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone has an
idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas?
Thanks

If you are absolutely stuck, drill the end caps of the fuse and solder in
some wire.
You can strip down some flex to get a thin copper wire strand.

It is about a five amp rating BTW, so you have to be sure there is no actual
fault in this case.
On the other hand, the damage may already be done.

The OP doesnt know where to get a fuse, or what sort of fuse it is. They're not very likely to ascertain the absence of a fault plus assess the safety of abandoning the 1A fuse and relying on what might or might not be a 5A fuse.

It might well work, or it might trash something or set fire to something.


NT

However one needs to suspect it might just be there is a real fault in the
circuit, so don't just buy one.
Are these fuses really obsolete, or is it just from the boiler spares
people?
I'm sure I've noted them inside hi fi equipment of fairly recent vintage as
a last line of defence as it were.

Besides, one could, I imagine fashion something up out of the blown one
with some wire, a normal fuse and some solder.. Ahem.
Brian

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On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 8:19:50 PM UTC, wrote:
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 8:17:03 PM UTC, Terryokeefe wrote:
I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment
we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a
replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete.
The
fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone has
an
idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas?
Thanks

If you dont tell us the fuse dims, how would we know? Is it by any chance
32mm long glass tubular fuse?

1A do blow in time for no reason. 3A is the lowest that doesnt.


NT

In message , Brian Gaff
writes
However one needs to suspect it might just be there is a real fault in the
circuit, so don't just buy one.
Are these fuses really obsolete, or is it just from the boiler spares
people?
I'm sure I've noted them inside hi fi equipment of fairly recent vintage as
a last line of defence as it were.


No, I doubt the fuse is obsolete, just that the OP probably didn't know
of the best places to look (cpc, maplins etc.) - though they never said
where 'everywhere' was that they looked.
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 07:19:57 -0000, "harryagain"
wrote:


"Terryokeefe" wrote in message
...

I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house
when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single
problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and at the moment
we have neither heating nor hot water. I have tried everywhere to get a
replacement fuse but have been told that the boiler is now obsolete. The
fuse is bigger than today's fuses therefore I wondering if anyone has an
idea where I would possibly get a replacement, if anywhere. Any ideas?
Thanks

If you are absolutely stuck, drill the end caps of the fuse and solder in
some wire.
You can strip down some flex to get a thin copper wire strand.

It is about a five amp rating BTW, so you have to be sure there is no actual
fault in this case.
On the other hand, the damage may already be done.


If the endcaps are not already drilled then heat them with a soldering
iron and flick them off, they are secured with some sort of hot-melt
glue.

Insert a strand of wire into the glass tube and fold over the edge,
then place the endcap back on while heating it with the iron again to
re-melt the glue. Perhaps suprisingly, the wire always makes good
contact.
I must have made hundreds of these "last resort" repairs over the
years.

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