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September 18, 2009, 11:47:27 am

8v-of-fury

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Look at what happened to this fuse! :o
« on: September 18, 2009, 11:47:27 am »


The plastic had completely melted off, and the fuse was still in the socket.. working.. to power my fuel pump on my gasser..

Aren't the metals supposed to burn, so that you don't burn? I found this on a routine check-up of everything electrical.. it was the oddest thing.

anyone else had it happen?
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Reply #1September 18, 2009, 06:14:11 pm

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Re: Look at what happened to this fuse! :o
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2009, 06:14:11 pm »
Yeah I am no palm reader but that tells me short life and is that grease or the start of hair on your palm  :o Just kidding. I haven't ever seen one like that. Was it the fuse or the fuse block that was the trouble? Seems like a problem either way.
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Reply #2September 18, 2009, 07:23:41 pm

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« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2009, 07:23:41 pm »
Your good Lucas lol..  I dunno it all seems fine just that this fuse went super nova at some point.. im blaming it on the fuse.. lol
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Reply #3September 19, 2009, 12:14:55 am

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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2009, 12:14:55 am »
I'd blame it on a corroded connection.
 Corrosion causes a voltage drop and creates heat at that spot.
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Reply #4September 19, 2009, 11:38:09 am

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Re: Look at what happened to this fuse! :o
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2009, 11:38:09 am »
sounds about right there Fatmobile. the window used to leak. Until I caulked the hell out of it! LOL
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Reply #5September 20, 2009, 05:34:20 am

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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2009, 05:34:20 am »
Funny after finding out the info below I read your post.. Not that this is what happened but more or less as an FYI. There was a recall on fuse assortments down here in the land of the fee..    Something like

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MANUFACTURING INCONSISTENCIES MAY EXIST WITH THE MATERIALS, CONNECTIONS OR SIZE OF THE FUSE ELEMENTS, WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE FUSES FAILING TO PROTECT THE CIRCUIT FROM EXCESSIVE CURRENT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE AND POSSIBLY A FIRE

I know this covers the Storehouse brand which is sold by Harbor freight..   Not sure how many other brands this covers...
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Reply #6September 20, 2009, 07:22:40 am

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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2009, 07:22:40 am »
dirty connector or badly manufactured fuse - once I saw a LADA fuse - it was just an eyeballed measurement of metal wrapped around a wax paper - never knew at what amp it would blow - 50A instead of the 10 rating - take your pick
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Reply #7September 20, 2009, 11:39:57 am

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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2009, 11:39:57 am »
Before i was old enough to drive, i had an older friend that drove an old VW Bug. Those fuses were unlike anything common to the mass markets back then. Had to go to VW to get them.

Not him, whenever a fuse went out - he just grabbed a cigarette butt from the ashtray and wrapped it with a Wrigleys gum wrapper. Later he would replace the gum wrapper and wrap the cig butt with aluminum foil from his mothers pantry.

At least half the fuses were cig butts wrapped in foil.
I always expected that car to catch fire and burn.
Somehow it never did.
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