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gmkonrad
Well Known Member
Tifco smart glow fuse
This looks like what you’re looking for.
https://www.tifco.com/products/42876
Gary
This looks like what you’re looking for.
https://www.tifco.com/products/42876
Gary
I saw the same thing, went through the process to get an account with Tifco, placed an order which came yesterday. They were the flat ones, I called the salesman and he didn’t have an explanation.
NinerBikes
Well Known Member
I bought a bunch from Stein air.
This was from Tim at Stein Air today;
It seems to be an availability thing... All of the 30A (sa-230L) are rounded translucent but only some of the 7.5s, 25s, and some others and it looks like none of the 5A(L) are translucent.
I can do my best to make sure you get the translucent ones when your order comes through but I can't guarantee you won't get the "more opaque", squared-off fuses like this:
rtlongdon
Active Member
https://www.bluesea.com/products/category/15/76/Fuses/easyID_Fuses
Use the "where to buy" option to find a distributor/retailer.
Disclosure: I am an engineer with Blue Sea, I have nothing to do with sales and receive nothing other than my normal paycheck every two weeks.
I'm just trying to provide another option.
Cheers!
Use the "where to buy" option to find a distributor/retailer.
Disclosure: I am an engineer with Blue Sea, I have nothing to do with sales and receive nothing other than my normal paycheck every two weeks.
I'm just trying to provide another option.
Cheers!
RFSchaller
Well Known Member
I bought some spare auto fuses with LED indicators at Harbor Freight. I intentionally blew one to see what the LED looked like. They work fine.
Thanks rtlongdon, I have researched all the other styles, the easyID look the best of what I can find available.
The ones I am looking for have the name "smart glow", it is a different appearance from "easyID".
Smart Glow, the style I am looking for.
EasyID
Littlefuse
jliltd
Well Known Member
I used to always use these fuses with lights in them that illuminate when the fuse blows. Unfortunately when the light is activated the light circuit causes an ohm meter to show continuity when trouble shooting. In other words the multimeter shows good continuity rather than open circuit. So working from component back to under the panel can be a frustrating process unless the fuse panel is easy to access and easy to view. So while a novel idea I swore off of them.
Obviously the LED is for quick identification of a blown fuse, that might be important at 8,000' trying to trouble shoot a problem.
With the meter across a blown fuse it reads 0 ohms on the 60 mega ohm scale, swapping lead polarity is the same.
