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Originally Posted by scottmcphee
Maybe it didn't blow, it just broke. Heat stress fracture.
Make sure there's a little slack or "dip" in the new strip fuse when you tighten down those 2 screws. It needs expansion and contraction space as it heats up for each use. A fully taut fuse can heat stress itself into two parts much sooner and die an early death... before it ever fails for carrying over-current for too long which is the normal failure - or would that be success? - mode of a fuse.
Look into an ATC fuse you see the serpentine shape inside the plastic window, same reasoning.
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I've had a new GP fuse blow in only a few days. I wonder if not prebending it caused it?
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