Fuse cover for Sansui RA-500 reverb amp

[Edwin Powell]

One of the few pieces of vintage audio equipment I still have that my grandfather gave me is a Sansui RA-500 reverberation amplifier. It's a funky piece of kit with some psychedelic rainbow colored lights on the front. It was a lot of fun when I was in college both for the sound effects and the light show. It was also useful for connecting two cassette decks when my receiver only had ports for one. I've had the thing for well over 30 years but I haven't used it in a long time. Somewhere along the line, the fuse cover--along with the fuse--went missing. It's a simple twist-on cap and a cylindrical glass fuse. Any ideas on where I might find a compatible replacement? I'd love to get the the thing working again.

The attached photos are from an eBay listing.

Thanks in advance.

 

[blhagstrom]

I think I have one.

I have a RA-700 and a stash of fuse holders. I'll see if the stash has one that fits and we will gamble that the RA-500 is the same.

 

[Edwin Powell]

Thank you very much. The fuse holder on my RA-500 has a screw-on cap rather than a bayonet.

 

[Edwin Powell]

The Sansui lives!!! I got a fuse holder on eBay for a pittance in hopes that I could just screw the cap on. No dice! I had to replace the old holder, which was a relatively simple soldering job. What almost stymied the process was that once I got the old fuse holder out, I discovered the new one wouldn't fit in the hole. The hole has flat sides and the new fuse holder didn't. Well, now it does, thanks to a few minutes of "cosmetic surgery" with the file on my Leatherman tool. I haven't hooked it up to a system yet, but it was lovely to see the thing light up again after so many years.

 

[Edwin Powell]

I just changed my avatar photo to show my Sansui RA-500 all lit up. Fun stuff indeed!