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I discovered one of my meters has a 400mA fast blow fuse in it.

I also discovered that the meter needs to be completely disassembled to get to it.

And I discovered I didn't have a fuse to fit.

But I did have a 375mA surface mount fuse :)
 

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Leaving aside the fact that only amateurish misuse of the meter could result in the need for a fuse replacement, I would have pulled the ferrules off of the glass tube and mounted the SMD fuse inside with bus wire soldered to each ferrule producing a finely crafted kludge fuse. ;)
 

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I've done similar things with fuses, though, not surface mount replacements.

In older cars, where glass replacements can be hard to come by, or only had blade style fuses on hand, I would sometimes solder the leads from the fuse holder to the ends of the glass fuse.

In my Fluke meter I have done the same with the current test fuse, soldered wire to each end of the fuse, and then used some .187 female blade terminals to use with mini a blade fuse (ATM). It tucks nicely along side the case.
 

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Hey, I've done something else!

I was using a blower-vac outside to pick up leaves and stuff after mulching some garden refuse.

Under the compost bin (where the stuff went) was hiding a large black plastic bag.

The 2400W blower vac sucked the bag up with more gusto that I've seen it employ against anything else before.

Then I hear a nasty sound (stalled motor).

Even though my finger was a matter of cm from the power switch it really took me a couple of seconds to react and I pulled out the power cord.

The blower-vac smelt very much like the smell you don't want to smell from a motor or transformer.

As I was dissasembling it the area around the motor was getting warmer (clearly it took a while for that heat to escape the windings :(

About 30 screws later I cracked it open revealing a very hot motor (still about 60C I estimate) and a black plastic bag completely encasing the impeller.

Put it back together after removing the bag and it still works.

I don't want to find out how many seconds is required to toast the motor, so I'll keep well away from plastic bags in the future!

It was almost doubly disappointing because I was planning to spend about $90 on one of these when my wife found the "shop soiled demo" going for $30. After getting it for such a good price it would kill me to have to buy another at full price!
 
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