So it fused itself. I speculate that this low-voltage fuse was used in a high-voltage circuit, and when it opened, an arc was created that fused it. What was the circuit voltage?
Aacabaxi on
r/nevertellmetheodds
Durahl on
Applespeed_75 on
Accidental circuit breaker
stupidber on
Are we sure thats what happened? How does that even happen?
AGrandNewAdventure on
“I’m fine now, I just needed a moment to freak out. I’m fine. I’M FINE.”
billynoy522 on
Not enough currentÂ
Avaricio on
I had a fuse do something like this repeatedly on my first car. Ran great, then about ten minutes in the engine would cut. Let it cool down a bit and it would start again, but the issue would repeat. After trying almost everything else it was determined the ignition fuse failed but just barely – when it got warm it would break contact, but after cooling down continuity would be restored and the vehicle would run again. Replaced the fuse and the car ran perfectly until the next in the family to get it had the control arm go on the highway. RIP Pablo, 20 years of near flawless service despite your mistreatment.
sjaxn314159 on
Infinite fuse glitch?
crownvics on
Honestly I find this very interesting, never heard of this happening.
Spare-Good-5372 on
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51alpha on
there is an epidemic of counterfeit automotive fuse.
what brand/model is the fuse?
mudokin on
It told you that something is wrong but it didn’t want to inconvenience you at the time.
Klutzy_Cat1374 on
Back in my day we’d stick a gum wrapper on it and call it good.
tingent on
Self-sealing stem bolt
pencilline on
Didn’t know about self healing fuses
gaugeinvariance on
It’s probably the wrong type of fuse, or a poor quality one. In addition to the primary rating (you mention 10A elsewhere), quality fuses list an “interrupt rating” which is the maximum short-circuit current a fuse can interrupt. You have no guarantees that the fuse can actually interrupt currents higher than this. This is part of the reason why there are so many different classes of fuse, from the ATO/ATC automotive fuse shown in your post all the way up to class T fuses. I suspect your short circuit may have actually exceeded the 1kA or so which is the typical interrupt current for ATC/ATO fuses.
hissen_raii on
Uh the fuck oh.
That70sShop on
Lightbulbs do that sometimes if you tap ’em.
R3v3r4nD on
How do you even troubleshoot for that?
Stevo182 on
Thats not suppose to happen.
Neven87 on
This is actually why you don’t see many ATC fuses in industrial cabinets. They’re compact, but they’re notorious for this.
_Hashtronaut_ on
Fuses gon fuse
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Danson_the_47th on
So that’s what those chip things are. I remember playing with them like little toys as a kid while our house was being built.
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So it’s fine now?
It’s not hard to ReFuse a ReFuseable Fuse…
I love Refused
So it fused itself. I speculate that this low-voltage fuse was used in a high-voltage circuit, and when it opened, an arc was created that fused it. What was the circuit voltage?
r/nevertellmetheodds
Accidental circuit breaker
Are we sure thats what happened? How does that even happen?
“I’m fine now, I just needed a moment to freak out. I’m fine. I’M FINE.”
Not enough currentÂ
I had a fuse do something like this repeatedly on my first car. Ran great, then about ten minutes in the engine would cut. Let it cool down a bit and it would start again, but the issue would repeat. After trying almost everything else it was determined the ignition fuse failed but just barely – when it got warm it would break contact, but after cooling down continuity would be restored and the vehicle would run again. Replaced the fuse and the car ran perfectly until the next in the family to get it had the control arm go on the highway. RIP Pablo, 20 years of near flawless service despite your mistreatment.
Infinite fuse glitch?
Honestly I find this very interesting, never heard of this happening.
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there is an epidemic of counterfeit automotive fuse.
what brand/model is the fuse?
It told you that something is wrong but it didn’t want to inconvenience you at the time.
Back in my day we’d stick a gum wrapper on it and call it good.
Self-sealing stem bolt
Didn’t know about self healing fuses
It’s probably the wrong type of fuse, or a poor quality one. In addition to the primary rating (you mention 10A elsewhere), quality fuses list an “interrupt rating” which is the maximum short-circuit current a fuse can interrupt. You have no guarantees that the fuse can actually interrupt currents higher than this. This is part of the reason why there are so many different classes of fuse, from the ATO/ATC automotive fuse shown in your post all the way up to class T fuses. I suspect your short circuit may have actually exceeded the 1kA or so which is the typical interrupt current for ATC/ATO fuses.
Uh the fuck oh.
Lightbulbs do that sometimes if you tap ’em.
How do you even troubleshoot for that?
Thats not suppose to happen.
This is actually why you don’t see many ATC fuses in industrial cabinets. They’re compact, but they’re notorious for this.
Fuses gon fuse
So that’s what those chip things are. I remember playing with them like little toys as a kid while our house was being built.