| 1. | A lamp base is too short to contact the bottom terminal of a fuse holder.
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| 2. | This quenches any arc in the fuse holder.
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| 3. | Traditional diazed fuse holders are made as a conducting metal envelope covered with non-conducting porcelain cover.
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| 4. | Put a replacement fuse into your new fuse holder and plug the dead fuse into the car.
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| 5. | IEC standards refer to a " fuse " as the assembly of a fuse link and fuse holder.
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| 6. | Some are time delayed, slow reacting, or have leads for terminals used in circuits without a fuse holder.
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| 7. | Blade type fuses often require the use of a special purpose extractor tool to remove them from the fuse holder.
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| 8. | It may happen if a fuse holder was accidentally dropped or someone was using too much force to screw it in.
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| 9. | However it's possible ( but not useful ) to screw a DII fuse holder without a fuse in an E27 lamp holder.
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| 10. | The removable part of the fuse holder has a small window to allow inspection of the indicator without removal of the fuse.
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