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wynode
25-06-2005, 11:21 AM
Where can you get replacement fuses from. Short of say Autobarn/repco/super cheap auto? Any other places that sell em?
bennjamin
25-06-2005, 12:17 PM
big W , kmart auto sections . . . Woolworths sometimes has them too :)
Eclipsor
25-06-2005, 12:20 PM
petrol stations usually have some. At least the normal two pronged ones. Or Kmart. Jaycar has them. So Dick Smith would probably also have them.
NTR16N
25-06-2005, 04:52 PM
used to work at both dick smith and tandy... just go there and take them out of the little trays.. switches, fuses, resistors etc... haha :p
NTR16N
25-06-2005, 04:54 PM
i shuldnt of said that... im a tight ass :p (more money for otha mods!!) but if your not, both them and jaycar are probly the best place to get them as they dont charge for packaging and shietz..
flyhonda
26-06-2005, 05:13 PM
all those other places that sell fuses apart from repco/autobarn and such wouldnt have a big range. that would be only if your after the commonly used ones..
Boost
26-06-2005, 05:30 PM
yeh they are everywhere... make sure u buy the right ones tho win. Theres two types.. u can get one that blows easly.. and ones that dont.. easy blows are thin wires and long ones are thick ass ones...
wynode
26-06-2005, 10:49 PM
would not the thickness be related to its rating?
NTR16N
27-06-2005, 12:09 PM
would not the thickness be related to its rating?

ratings are the same... but depending on what you are using them for and what type?? there are two types one being fast blow and the other slow blow.. i cant remember which is which so ask the guys there..
MIRZ
27-06-2005, 12:43 PM
i bought this pack of fuses from DickSmith other day, it had 3 fuses of all amps needed in my car. keeping that in my glovebox just in case of emergancy.

i think it was just for 4 or 5 bucks.
Boost
27-06-2005, 01:38 PM
fast and slow burn may have the same current rating but the thin one which is the fast burn will burn straight away if current exceeds the rated current where as the thicker one wont.
bumography
28-06-2005, 01:20 PM
fast and slow burn may have the same current rating but the thin one which is the fast burn will burn straight away if current exceeds the rated current where as the thicker one wont.

Most of the fuses which usually burn out are the interior fuses, which afaik are all blade fuses, which are all fast burns anyway :P