In keeping with the Christmas spirit I came across a box of old C9 strings of light (one tag has a date of 01/87). We hooked ~6 strands together and after ~30 minutes blew a fuse. When I removed the first fuse(which was obviously blown) I noticed that whoever hooked them up before had put in a 10amp fuse instead of the 7amp/125volt max listed on the fuse box. I replaced the fuse with the correct fuse and it blew after ~5 minutes. I realize that I could buy new sets but it was just kindof neat to find and use these. Since the wrong fuse was in there do you think that set is ruined or is there another reason that might cause it to blow(even with the right fuse)? (FYI - the remainder of the strands fuses are still fine). Thanks for any input you can give me.
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17 years ago