ATM fuse technical advice

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  1. Silvertwinkiehobo

    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    For those of you who have more modern vehicles, your vehicles use a tiny fuse called the ATM fuse. Occasionally, you'll run into something losing power, so you go to check the fuse, the fuse is good, right? Either you check it with a test light, a power probe or pull it and look, and it's not blown. Now, whether or not the circuit comes back to life, clean the blades of the fuse. Those have a problem of corroding to the point of opening the circuit, and no power gets to the circuit, even though the fuse shows power. A me.ber on here ran into that very thing, and because I had suggested pulling and cleaning the blades, his vehicle came back to life, started right up. So never trust that the fuse is working. Always do what is necessary to guarantee that.
     

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