fearofweapons Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Here's an interesting thing. Blew a fuse the other day while fettling some electrics on the 110. Distinctly heard it go 'pop'. But when I checked I still had 12v output. So I carried on sorting out, took the car for a drive only to find the circuit would only operate intermittentley. So went back home and checked through everything. That's when I found that although the fuse had blown it had failed in such a way that it reconnected. Driving along caused the circuit to jiggle open and then closed again. You can see in the photo a slight blackening of the fuse and that the wire has 'slumped'. It's a funny old world! 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonpelly Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 I've seen the same with light bulbs where the filament had broken but was still making contact and thus working. At least until you hit a bump. Then it would need a friendly tap to light up again. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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