Half Blown Fuse?
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Sep-29-2013 02:38 PM
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?
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Sep-29-2013 05:25 PM
Like a short.
I would replace that LED to make sure it does not give trouble in the future.
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Sep-29-2013 03:40 PM
Chris Bryant wrote:2X. When you replaced the fuse the scraping of the connection probably cleaned up some corrosion, making a good connection. LEDs draw so little current that you may have had dim fixtures due to the current the load center blown fuse indicator passes.
I would suspect the fuse holder, rather than the fuse itself.
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