Does Nobody Ever Wonder Why a Fuse Blows?
So often on this forum I read where somebody is having or had an electrical problem only to discover that "it was just a blown fuse" or tripped breaker, as if that was the problem, and when they repla...
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rseymour21 wrote:
If you replace a fuse and it blows again, check it out. On my front jacks I have overloaded in the past and blew a fuse. It was my fault, the rear stabilizers were down and I needed to raise the front a tad more. That was too much and blew the fuse. Replaced and kept that in mind!
Depends on how it blows also, just melted likely a overload, may have been temporary, metal flashed to the inside of the fuse time to find a dead short (but not always).
I did computer repair in an earlier life. Came across a flashed fused for a dead Point of Sale register, checked my supply of that particular fuse size. I check for obvious shorts or bad components, seeing none installed new fuse and powered up. Loaded and ran, I hung around for about 30 minutes, no further issues.
