I recently discovered I'd blown a trailer turn fuse on my Ram (pretty much each pin on the 7 way has its own 20a fuse come to find out) and they were the Micro2 size which I didn't have any of, so I went down to the part store and bought a 5 pack for $5.50, then came home and promptly ordered the 105 variety pack for $10 on amazon like I had done previously for other size fuses. Then I had a thought... Do I really want to risk burning down my truck over a cheap fuse? Is there any difference in brand? Naturally a youtube video exist to answer the question.. I canceled my order and am going to toss my cheap fuse variety packs I already have and get some name brand fuses.. (Lord knows I probably won't quit backing my boat trailer in the water with the lights hooked up... haha)
Automotive Fuse Brand/Quality
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Good find, thanks. Buss, Littlefuse or OEM (for the weird stuff) for me...lessons you learn over time.
There are probably still hundreds of thousands of those defective fuses out there.
Harbor Freight wasn't the only source for them. A friend of mine had a cheap keyless entry system he bought on Ebay, the 15 amp fuse in it was one of those no-blow Chinese specials.
I just pick up an assorted handful for free anytime I visit a junk yard.
I always try to use Bussman or Littlefuse brand
They were 20a regardless of what was printed on them.
Why do we need so many different fuse styles?
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I like the Bussmann easyID fuses, they glow when blown…
Get the big pack, atmidsk, or atcidsk…
Note that Maxi fuses are getting hard to find…
Get the big pack, atmidsk, or atcidsk…
Note that Maxi fuses are getting hard to find…
They were a lot higher than that.
Even a 20a fuse would blow when connected to a car battery.
These Harbor Freight fuses, the legs were just melting away.
I agree, I have to make 2 trips to the store because I bought the wrong one. The MINI and MICRO 2 are ones that got me. They looked similar but are not.
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You can tell mini (ATM) from micro by looking at the legs,
pointed is mini
ATC / ATO are the size of quarters
Maxi are half dollars…
pointed is mini
ATC / ATO are the size of quarters
Maxi are half dollars…
Please tell me they had UL and/or CE markings on them too
These are the cheap ones I've had (honestly haven't used hardly any of them) and I will say to their credit they do all have obviously different filaments in them and all measure slightly different on my ohm meter.. Still tossing them and ordered an assortment of Littelfuse brand.
I was in a hurry. I even had the OEM blown fuse with me. LOLI agree, I have to make 2 trips to the store because I bought the wrong one. The MINI and MICRO 2 are ones that got me. They looked similar but are not.
So, I grabbed the smaller fuse. And headed back home. Little did I know, it was the wrong one. My mistake. Head back to WM where I got it, returned for a refund and this I time compared the fuse side by side with the OEM fuse.
Don’t forget those cartridge/J case fuses, available both in standard and low profile!I agree, I have to make 2 trips to the store because I bought the wrong one. The MINI and MICRO 2 are ones that got me. They looked similar but are not.
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