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Electrical Water Pump Fuse Keeps Blowing....
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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Hudson" data-source="post: 402625" data-attributes="member: 1607"><p>Just to be clear about some basics. Electricity always generates heat when traveling through a circuit. More current equals more heat. Every piece of electric cable or flex can only carry so much electric current before it starts to melt. Fuses are used to prevent cables being overloaded and damaged due to the heat while the circuit is running. A normal working appliance will not suddenly start consuming more electricity. Faulty appliances can start drawing more current along the cables. If a fuse has blown then either a fault on the circuit (damage cable) or a faulty appliance has started consuming more power than it was designed to work with. This can result in dangerous levels of heat so fuses must disconnect the power before serious damage, shock, fire or fatality occur. Putting a larger fuse in place of the correctly rated fuse is a potentially dangerous practice. If the pump is the only thing supplied by that fuse then the pump is the most likely candidate for the cause of the problem.</p><p></p><p>Doc H.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Hudson, post: 402625, member: 1607"] Just to be clear about some basics. Electricity always generates heat when traveling through a circuit. More current equals more heat. Every piece of electric cable or flex can only carry so much electric current before it starts to melt. Fuses are used to prevent cables being overloaded and damaged due to the heat while the circuit is running. A normal working appliance will not suddenly start consuming more electricity. Faulty appliances can start drawing more current along the cables. If a fuse has blown then either a fault on the circuit (damage cable) or a faulty appliance has started consuming more power than it was designed to work with. This can result in dangerous levels of heat so fuses must disconnect the power before serious damage, shock, fire or fatality occur. Putting a larger fuse in place of the correctly rated fuse is a potentially dangerous practice. If the pump is the only thing supplied by that fuse then the pump is the most likely candidate for the cause of the problem. Doc H. [/QUOTE]
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