"Groovy" flat fuses VS non-groovy
I recently needed to replace a 40amp DC flat fuse between my RV battery and inverter, and had the hardest time trying to insert the spare fuse that the original owner had provided. Upon (very) close ...
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I don't think the grooves signify anything, nor ought they interfere with the fuse insertion. I think they're just an artefact of the way the prongs are manufactured on the one fuse (they appear to be laminated out of a couple thicknesses of metal on the one, vs. cut from a single thicker piece on the other). I might be wrong, of course, but it seems quite unlikely to me that they are significant.
Perhaps you simply weren't applying enough force to get the fuse into the socket? Sometimes these sorts of things can be really tight and need more persuasion than one would generally expect.
Perhaps you simply weren't applying enough force to get the fuse into the socket? Sometimes these sorts of things can be really tight and need more persuasion than one would generally expect.
