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how do i know when i fuse has blown?
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i have a lovely ikea lamp, one of the bulbs blew the other day, i've replaced it, but its still not working...
i'm guessing the next step is to replace the fuse...but how do i know when a fuse is blown?
i'm guessing the next step is to replace the fuse...but how do i know when a fuse is blown?
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You use a multimeter to check for continuity. But seeing as you're asking this, I doubt you have one, so the best place to start is by just replacing the fuse for one of the same rating.
Yes - good idea. See if you can try another fuse from another appliance first. Saves a potentially wasted trip!
Thats an awesome solution! If it shorts you just need to buy a fuse and its no worries, if its not then it does not matter because you'll be dead!
changed the fuse, hasn't made a difference...its got a dimmer switch on it, i don't particularly want to take it apart and fix it, unless i know exaclty what i'm doing...
just doesn't make sense, because only one bulb has blown, instead of all three, the fuse hasn't sorted it...
what can i do? i don't want to have to buy another lamp
Not necessarily, it may just not work (like would have been the case in luby's situation) and a new fuse would not be necessary. Though best to try with fuses.
I'm guessing if that the other bulbs are working and this one bulb isn't, and even after replacing it it doesn't work, it may be the wiring or something inside the actual lamp at play.
Otherwise yes something inside the lamp could have broken.
Because sometimes I find the buld doesn't go in totally right and then it doesn't work.
How long have you had the lamp?
can i still take it back?
well you could give it a go, but thats not right.
Ikea stuff is cheap and cheerful, sure you should have got a bit more use out of it, but its not unheard of to go faulty after a while.
Bin it and get another i say
They will be able to fix it for you, or tell you it's not fixable
i hate throwing things out when they're broken, its so wasteful, but i don't se how i'm going to fix it, when the dimmer is in a enclosed box and you have to brake it to get into it....
grrrrr at ikea