Flutterby™! : Fuses 2011-11-26 16:50:52.07779+01

Fuses

2011-11-26 16:50:52.07779+01 by meuon 4 comments

Electrical fuses are something I am very familiar with, especially in larger electrical/electronic devices. The genset on our house failed to start -after- it had been jump-started from a car battery and ran for a while. I figured a fuse blew or something else stupid broke. We bought a new battery for it yesterday, and I have spent 3 hours, used 4 different types of "tamper resistent" screw bits (over 30 screws total), 3 different sized sockets... and vice grips, to get the control box out, and find the 3/4 amp fuse in the control box "open". I'm not sure that is all that is wrong, yet. But I am fuming over the poor design choices. I'll be modifying the design when I reassemble it with an externally accessible fuse holder.

Luckily, it's a nice day to be tinkering.

But please, as "you" design things that have protection devices (fuses, etc), please remember to make them accessible.

Update: It was just the fuse. But now there is an easy to replace fuse in an accessible fuseholder.

Too much of our current choices in life have RCO's engineered into the business model of the provider. And yes, I'm guilty of the same.

Next time I have to deal with a fuse or breaker, I am definitely going to refer to it as a "control module protection linkage."