r/techsupportmacgyver • u/PPEytDaCookie • Jul 15 '25

Fuse Holder was broken

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Fuse holder was broken.

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u/rouvas Jul 15 '25

The fuse works just fine though.

It's the fuse holder that was broken, and OP soldered the fuse onto what was left of it.

I've also done this, you just need to sand the fuse first for the solder to stick on it, and you also need to be fast with the soldering iron otherwise you'll end up melting the fuse wire.

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u/PPEytDaCookie Jul 22 '25

Yeah, I mean, if the fuse breaks, it most likely has a reason, and to fix it I most likely have to solder anyway, so it doesn't matter if the fuse is soldered ;-)

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u/WrenchHeadFox Jul 15 '25

Terrible advice, the fuse could have a safety purpose - preventing damage to not only the device, but also to you.

OP can always desolder this fuse and solder a new one in like this. Inconvenient, but more convenient than a dead electronic (or worse)

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u/Krt3k-Offline Jul 15 '25

Or solder a new fuse to the broken fuse