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how to identify a blown screw in fuse?

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  • 07-02-2012 3:40pm
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    CamperMan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭


    is there a quick way to find out which screw in fuse has blown on the board?


    e27-d2-e33-d3-screw-type-fuse-core.jpg

    Thanks


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    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,445 ✭✭✭cml387


    Blast from the past. They used to have a small coloured metal disk at the "fatter" end which fell off if the fuse was blown.


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    CamperMan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭CamperMan


    thanks,

    but most of the fuses on the board do not have any coloured discs on them


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    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    maybe they're mostly 16amp then

    the indicator usually pops

    outside of that continuity or phase tester(not recommended)


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    CamperMan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭CamperMan


    23 screw in fuses on the board.. I swapped each one around until the power came on....


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    badgerbaiter
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭badgerbaiter


    Small led and battery.. Wire it up with the fuse and if the led stays off the fuse is blown


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    Bruthal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,422 ✭✭✭✭Bruthal


    badgerbaiter wrote: »
    Small led and battery.. Wire it up with the fuse and if the led stays off the fuse is blown

    If done randomly, (using a 1.5 v battery) the tester will have a 50/50 chance of lighting the LED, even if the fuse is ok.


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