Thread: LED blade fuse

Originally Posted by Tombie

Originally Posted by DeeJay

Nah, no good to me... My County & Defender have never blown a fuse

Ou haven't fitted enough stuff then!

Maybe all the smoke's already been let out?

Truth is you can get prewired 12V flashing multicolour LEDs you can wire across the fuse holders permanently or temporarily for less cost than those fuses, just look on ebay...

20pcs LED Lamp Light Bulb 20cm PRE Wired 5mm 12V DC Blue RED Flashing MA432 | eBay

After reading this post got an assorted box of the led fuses from Jaycar.
I was fascinated how they would work.
I intentionaly blew a 5A to see what would happen. The LED lit up but only when the fault was present. The circuit needs to remain, although it it would be drawing minimal current. These would be no good for an intermittent fault
By the way the are not polarity sensitive as there are actually two diodes in the circuit so one will work either way you insert the fuse.

Can I use these with SWMBO so I know when she's blown a fuse?

Originally Posted by Judo

Can I use these with SWMBO so I know when she's blown a fuse?

There are generally pre-installed audible alarms for those.
You know somethings wrong when they go silent

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

There are generally pre-installed audible alarms for those.
You know somethings wrong when they go silent

Oh how true this is Muppet!

It's a bit like the old landy adage that you only really need to start worrying when it STOPS leaking oil:
when swmbo isn't talking then I really know I'm in the poo