Hi
After finding this site a few days ago I have been bashing my Clarke Cl300m more than ever. I was doing nothing unusual today, gave it a 5 hour rest and then when I went back to it, fired it up tried to drill some brass, it jammed up and knocked off! I opened the fuse cover and it seems the fuse is blown, or at least I hope this is all that is wrong!
So now I need to find a fuse - I pulled the old one out and it says on it, as far as I can make out: F3.15AL250V
This doesn`t mean anything to me and it is much smaller than any other fuse I have seen or replaced - so where next, to the manual:
http://www.clarkeservice.co.uk/manuals/lathes/cl300m.pdfIt is a pdf - so do a search for fuse and you will find on:
1. page11: 1 x Spare Fuse - 2amp, glass type
2. page11: ....3-Jaw chuck and a spare 2 Amp fuse....
3. page12: The fuse in the plug must be replaced with one of the same rating (5 amps) and this replacement must be ASTA approved to BS1362.
So is it a 2 or 5 amp fuse I need? I am totally confused and more importantly, is the fuse definately the case or could I have caused more damage?
Chris