On 14/05/15 04:44, Sean Breheny wrote:
> I took out the fiberglass bodied elements and put them in a test circuit
> which ran 10 Amps through them, one at a time. BOTH blew after about 10
> seconds. Since there is no way that a 30 Amp fuse could have a series
> element which opened at only 10 Amps, this further confirmed my suspicion
> that the fuse was mis-marked and probably this happened at the factory.
>   =20
My guess would be that they make and label the casings before assembling=20
the innards and that a casing ended up in the wrong bin between=20
manufacture of the casing and assembly of the complete fuse.
--=20
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