If there's an electrical component on the fritz in your car or something that's stopped working entirely, one of the first things to check is your fuse box.

QUESTION: I have a 2005 Buick LeSabre. The lights on the steering wheel controls for the cruise control and stereo do not work. Is this an easy fix? ANSWER: If the switches are still fully functional, ...

The lights blink, the kettle dies mid-boil, and the house exhales into silence. You’re left squinting at labels and rummaging a drawer where bent nails, old batteries and a crumpled strip of kitchen ...

Fuses are an essential part of many system designs, and we’ve come to depend on them since the earliest days of electricity. The basic concept of using a fusible link—which self-heats due to current ...

Find a downloadable version of this story in pdf format at the end of the story. Although features and functionality attract the most attention for new electronic products, whether consumer, ...

As a cautious analog-centric engineer, I have always liked traditional thermal-based fuses and been somewhat skeptical of electronic fuses (also written as e-fuses or eFuses) due to their active ...