wernersgreenacres Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 This weekend I was quilting away and the machine just stopped. After much stress and searching I find that my fuse had blown (mine and the machine's). Where do I find one of these little fuses. Don't find them on the list of accessories or parts for APQS. I have the spare in but now need to replace the spare. If this has already been posted I do apologize but I'm a newbie. Thanks for any help you can give me. pat werner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene Epp Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Hi Pat, I see 25 people have read your post and no one has replied. You can get more fuses at Radio Shack. Just take in the old one to get the right size. BEFORE you replace the fuse again tho', you need to figure out what's causing it to blow. One of my customer's was having it blow every time her husband was on the treadmill upstairs! Turns out both the machine and the treadmill were on the same circuit. A call to the electrician fixed the problem. I think APQS is ahead of the game for putting fuses in the machine and even providing a spare. I know some other machine brand owners are constantly blowing circuit boards because of power surges. Kudos to APQS for thinking ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernersgreenacres Posted May 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Thanks a million - I'm off to Radio Shack in the morning. DH is making sure the electricity is OK so everything should be fine now. Again thanks for replying. pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnQuilts Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Yesterday I was quilting away and I came to a rather thick seam. It was not an overly thick seam, and I had quilted over other similar seams many times with no problem. This time, the machine gave a beep and died. After a couple panicky hours, I decided to watch the maintenance video part about electronics and see if it told me anything. Sure enough, it told me to change my fuse. So I did that, no problem, and it fixed it. Now I'm curious, do these machines often die when faced with a thick seam? Is this something I need to worry about?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene Epp Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Hi Lynn, I've done MANY heavy denim & corduroy quilts with very thick seams. At the time I was doing only pattern quilting from the back of the machine, so never paid any attention to where the thick seams were. I never had a problem and have never blown a fuse. I've never heard of anyone else blowing a fuse over a thick seam either. I think a call to Connie is your best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnQuilts Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Darlene, thanks for the reply!! I'm really glad to know that I don't have to worry about thick seams, because until this point, I hadn't been! I thought maybe I should have been! But when I went home at lunch and was quilting, I discovered my problem was the needle. I thought it seemed like it might be dull, so I went to change it. When I took it out, I don't know if it was dull or not, but the tip-end of it was bent into a tiny hook, so that when it went to try to poke through the thick seam yesterday, of course it couldn't do it, the machine locked up and blew the fuse. Does this make sense to you?? I think that is what happened. I had never had problems going over seams before, and I hated to think that I would have to now start thinking about where the seams were!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene Epp Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Hi Lynn, I'm so thankful that APQS cares enough to design the machine with a fuse that will blow with an overload, rather than the whole mother board blowing! Not all machine brands have this protection, and it's just one more way that APQS looks out for us and our investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlene Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Hi, Yesterday I blew my fuse, that is my millie did. Sure glad that there was a replacement in storage in the machine. I guess I didn't tighten my needle enough as it fell out causing the fuse to blow. Was I glad that I didn't have to retime the machine. Well, anyways, got me thinking, what other things should I have on hand for replacement, besides the fuses? I see there are a ton of things you could order from APQS, but what if any of them do I need? Thanks, Charlene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LA Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Hi Charlene The things that I like to have on hand are a dozen or so "Pig-Tails" (they are the curly thread guides) a couple of bobbin cases, extra metal bobbins, & of course plenty of needles! It can mean down time by not having the necessary parts, & worth their weight in GOLD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlene Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 Thanks Linda, I had ordered an extra bobbin case and have lots of bobbins. Fortunately my short arm also used "L" bobbins so just used them. Pig Tails, now that I will add to my list to obtain. Do they get grooves in them from the thread or what can go wrong with them? Thanks, Charlene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene Epp Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 Pig tail thread guides are very inexpensive to keep on hand, but you should be buffing them out every few months anyway. Get some emery cloth or sanding cord and just buff out any little grooves. If you use the clear nylon or polyester thread a lot, you WILL get grooves in the pig tails. I had my first machine, an Ultimate 1 for almost 3 years before I had a serious problem. I didn't know anything about "buffing", so just loosened the screw and turned the pig tail upside down. I'm sure they worked for another 3 years for the new owner! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernersgreenacres Posted July 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 Somewhere I heard that you could buy porcelain fishing pole guides that would not groove like the metal guides. I've not had my machine long enough to worry about grooving yet but am wondering if I should look into the fishing guides or just replace the metal with metal. Thanks, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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