three fuses
caucasianamerican
09-09-2012, 11:52 AM
While checking my fuses looking for the infamous cigg lighter I noticed three fuses I have never seen before the are black and on the top have a symbol similar to a letter "T" with an arrow pointing to the top of it one of the three was blown wondering Wat amp it is and can I replace it with a regular fuse
gmtech1
09-09-2012, 04:23 PM
What is the model year of the car?
caucasianamerican
09-09-2012, 04:27 PM
2006 one of them is on the ignition I have a 15 amp in it right now just tryn not to burn it down
caucasianamerican
09-09-2012, 04:33 PM
Pic
gmtech1
09-09-2012, 04:36 PM
Thats a diode, the arrow shows the current path, will not allow current to flow the other direction.
aleekat
09-09-2012, 04:37 PM
Thats a diode, the arrow shows the current path, will not allow current to flow the other direction.
Ditto. Not a fuse.
Ditto. Not a fuse.
caucasianamerican
09-09-2012, 04:41 PM
so probablt not smart to use a fuse huh?
caucasianamerican
09-09-2012, 04:42 PM
probably*
gmtech1
09-09-2012, 04:44 PM
Nope, the diode is there for a reason. To prevent voltage backfeed and damaging sensitive circuts.
caucasianamerican
09-09-2012, 04:45 PM
alright man thanks very helpful had a feeling there was a reason it was different
caucasianamerican
09-10-2012, 03:17 PM
Update: thanks turns out I retested it and it isn't blown I just tested it wrong flipped over tester leads and sure enough its fine
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