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06-02-2015, 04:38 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
1989 25' Excella
Torrington
, Wyoming
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 18
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Totally Baffled!
I know I need to carry extra fuses. I opened the fuse box to see what I need to purchase. What is concerning to me is how do I remove these fuses? Do I just pull on them and they pop out? Can I damage anything?
I did look fuses up in the manual. All I discovered is what fuse regulates what system...nothing else.
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06-02-2015, 04:44 PM
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Rivet Master 
1966 22' Safari
Hilltop Lakes
, Texas
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,662
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A picture would help. There are several different types of fuses, and I don't know what kind you have. Our 1966 trailer has the old glass fuses, and yes, you just pull on them.
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06-02-2015, 04:50 PM
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Rivet Master 
2006 23' Safari SE
Biloxi
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 8,278
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Yes, either kind just pull them out. A dedicated fuse puller can make it easier but is not necessary.
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06-02-2015, 04:53 PM
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2017 26' Flying Cloud
Alamo Heights
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 7,754
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I think by '89 they used modern blade-type ATO fuses like this:
They just pull straight out. If you can't grip the fuses with your fingertips, there are cheap plastic pullers for these that you can pick up at any auto-parts store and probably most hardware stores.
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06-02-2015, 04:54 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
1989 25' Excella
Torrington
, Wyoming
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 18
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Thanks! I look at those little suckers and cringe thinking about tugging on one. I haven't done it before..as you can tell! But now that I know it is okay I'll do it. Rather try now when it isn't a critical need. Far less "blue smoke" in the air.
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06-02-2015, 06:43 PM
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Rivet Master 
2000 31' Land Yacht
Central
, Florida
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,489
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Before you pull too hard on a stuck fuse make sure you have a spare, I was pulling fuses to figure out which controlled a light, when it came out one of the blades had pulled from the plastic. Be warned if you see fuses that do not have contrasting colored numbers, it could be a chinese "almost" like a Buss ATO. Best guess is that they forgot to put the dimple in the blade to make it impossible to pull apart like the Buss.
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06-02-2015, 06:47 PM
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Rivet Master 

1978 25' Tradewind
Metro Phoenix
, Arizona
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,492
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06-02-2015, 06:50 PM
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Prairie Schooner II

2012 30' International
1997 25' Safari
1967 20' Globetrotter
Burlington
, Ontario
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,476
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Or just use your needle nose pliers. Jim
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06-02-2015, 10:16 PM
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Rivet Master 
1999 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Hillsboro
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,371
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Silly question, perhaps... do you know what a 'needle nose' plier is?
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06-02-2015, 10:47 PM
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Rivet Master 
1974 31' Sovereign
1979 23' Safari
Wayland
, New York
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,632
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Needle nose plier, the wife standing behind needling into your business, poking you and constantly trying to plié information; what are you going, are you done yet, are you sure that's right?
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06-02-2015, 10:55 PM
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Rivet Master 
1974 Argosy 20
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Kooskia
, Idaho
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 4,591
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For your spare fuses, do as suggested in one of the other posts, be sure to get quality fuses from an auto parts place, not the ones from HF or some of the other inexpensive stores. I am NOT a HF basher at all, but their fuses are not good quality and can come apart in your fingers on insertion or removal. Even the best quality fuses are quite inexpensive.
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