Quote from: IamCANADIAN013 on May 26, 2014, 06:06:47 AM

Quote from: Drizzik on May 26, 2014, 05:39:59 AM

That would seem to be an over current condition. The change of a few degrees shouldnt be enough to melt the plastic on the fuse unless you notice that the case is getting really hot. Then you should check that the fan is running. Dogie has some info about reversing the fan for better air flow but i would suspect that the fan is not running and thats what is causing the build up of heat, the other option would be that the socket for the fuse is loose and causing high resistance. Was there a good amount of resistance when you replaced the fuse?

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Fan was running when I found the fuse like that. Could have stopped at some point and started again? I had trouble pulling the fuse out and had to use pliers to get it out. I had all the power disconnected at the time. It was also difficult to push the new fuse in.

I thought this was weird though. I plugged the miner back in without the fuse and the fan kicked on. Didn't mine though. I turned it back off and put the fuse in. It started mining. Is that normal?

A key part: "the other option would be that the socket for the fuse is loose and causing high resistance."

Another key part: "I had trouble pulling the fuse out and had to use pliers".
Best bet is that there was a bad connection between the fuse and the fuse connector causing heat. The heat "welded"the fuse to the fuse connector. When a fuse gets hot the fuse link melts--at a low temperature, that is how they work. If there is heat it is the fuse connection.

In my case I noticed that the fuse was to hot to hold my finger on. That was caused by a bad connection between the fuse and fuse connector. Later the fuse was cool but the fuse was "welded: to the fuse connector--could not bee removed with my fingers.

Insure that the fuse has a good/tight mechanical connection to the fuse connector and is not hot.

Don't blame the fuse, it is your friend protecting your equipment.

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