Half Blown Fuse?
Boy this was weird. Was fooling with my LED lights in the fixture over the dinette, they had unstuck from the fixture base and were laying in the lenses (dual light). I guess I didn't realize how hot these had gotten, it's been raining and I've had these on all day. At any rate the insulation on the wiring going to the bulb chip is soft, the wires cross and short out as I fiddle with the bulb chip. I figured I blew the fuse, but the PD 12v center has the LEDs that light when a fuse goes, and they were all still off.
The LEDs in that fixture still work but they are very dim. Same with two of the other LED fixtures on that circuit. No blown fuse but very dim. One other LED fixture is still on at full brightness but I figure it's on a different circuit.
I turn on the fixture over the couch that still has incandescent wedge bulbs and it doesn't light, but now I see an LED light on in the load center.
When I pull the fuse and that last LED fixture that was on at full brightness goes out!! WTH?? Install a new fuse and all is back to normal. So it looks like fuse "blew" but was hanging on by enough of a thread to let a small amount of current pass...
I have never seen a fuse not blow all the way out...anybody else?
The LEDs in that fixture still work but they are very dim. Same with two of the other LED fixtures on that circuit. No blown fuse but very dim. One other LED fixture is still on at full brightness but I figure it's on a different circuit.
I turn on the fixture over the couch that still has incandescent wedge bulbs and it doesn't light, but now I see an LED light on in the load center.
When I pull the fuse and that last LED fixture that was on at full brightness goes out!! WTH?? Install a new fuse and all is back to normal. So it looks like fuse "blew" but was hanging on by enough of a thread to let a small amount of current pass...
I have never seen a fuse not blow all the way out...anybody else?
