Hey all.

Haven't been on in a while. I've been travelling on business...and as usual my tanks wait till I'm out of town to pull their Murphy's Law crap.

Under the hood of my 55 I have a pair of 65w compact flourescents. (probably spelled wrong)

My wife called me & said the tank looked darker than usual. She identified my compacts as the ones not working.

When I got home, I disassembled the whole thing and found this...


Here's what an unmelted one looks like...


The red wires come from the ballast and the black one goes to the socket. The writing on the fuse says....

<PS> E JET
20A 300V
1.2 1.6 2.0 0 CU
(some symbols) OK-3

So my questions are...

1) Is this just some type of some connector - or is it an inline fuse?
2) If it's a fuse, any ideas where to get one?
3) If I can't find an exact match, then is there a safe alternative to get
this fixture working again?

Thanks!
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From the size of those fingers that you've provided for scale, I'd say it's too small to be a fuse.

My guess is, it's just a connector. The 20A 300V is the rating, eg don't exceed this or I melt. I'm pretty sure if that was a fuse rating, you'd have plenty of other things popping, and melting, before this gave way !

But that in itself is a worry. Why has this burnt out ? I'd like to see a pic of held up to the light (you'd probably need to hold it over a hole in a sheet of card to prevent white out).

I note there is a closing lug, you could pry it open. The clear plastic cover slides over the yellow bit.

The black with two reds has me puzzled. Is there two lamps in this unit ? I don't recall ever seeing a fuse in a fluoro circuit but, if it were a fuse, any 20A 300V fuse would obviously be ok to replace it.

I agree with Kana most likely its a connector as i aint seen many fuses with wires comming out of them, also as kana states i think i would be rather inclined to find out what caused the melt, before i looked at repairing it

Ok...

What are some of the things that might have caused the melt? Any ideas where to start?

Has it got wet ?
Is it too close to a source of heat ?
Is it the right equiptment for the job ?

Condensation would be my first guess.

How old is the unit?

And what are you guys doing up at this time ?


Something else I've just thought. This is a burn mark, not simply heat. But was it in contact with anything else ? eg - Did this device burn-out from within, or is it external damage only ?

bit late replying to this, but just incase it helps ...

this reminds me of fuses that u get on some motor bikes, it looks very similar. hence it might be a fuse. other than that i cant add much more. have u tried the LFS to see if they know?

(added edit) ... i didnt notice the amp and volt numbers the 1st time i looked at this. now that i have, i would put a couple of bucks on this being a fuse.

I think its a fusible link. I have had to replace these on past vehicles, although they don't look like the one you've shown. Hope that helps with your search.

Just find a wholesale electrical store, or one that specialises in lighting. Middendorp is a chain style store we have here.

Whatever you have locally, they'd probably be able to both identify it, and sell you a newy.