Micro fuse?

englishpremier · 13 Jun 2011 at 10:22

My monitor no longer powers on. I've opened it up to find a ceramic 5mm micro fuse has blown.

I've searched high and low and just can't find a replacement.

Does anyone know where i'd find one? Its a 5mm 2.5a ceramic micro fuse.

Thanks

englishpremier · 13 Jun 2011 at 10:40

Had a look there, but can't find one.

The fuse looks the same as a regular 5x20mm fuse but is miniature being only 5mm in total length

englishpremier · 14 Jun 2011 at 08:31

it's the white fuse. The photo is deceptive, it's only 5mm in total length and about 1.5mm in width. It freeking tiny.

englishpremier · 14 Jun 2011 at 09:43

lol i'm not lying. It looks the same but it's not, it's miniature. Its from a HP W2207

It's seriously nowhere near 2cm (20mm) long.

I've had it in my hand and took it to a well known high-street electronic places that also sells PC components, but even the smallest they do is 10mm.

englishpremier · 14 Jun 2011 at 15:52

The fuse was soldered to the holder, one end of which fell off when i took the fuse off.

5x20mm is the size of a regular plug fuse. I'll have a look for it when i get back from work and take a pick with some reference.

Yes the connector on the left is a standard 3 pin power adaptor

englishpremier · 15 Jun 2011 at 19:39

Haha, no chance.

Had a look for fuse last night. Going to have to take a pic of the PCB instead with something next to it.

englishpremier · 16 Jun 2011 at 08:42

Ok guys here it is:

As you can see the area where the fuse was is discoloured. It's much much smaller than 20mm. HP must have changed it on later boards.

englishpremier · 16 Jun 2011 at 12:06

Well i searched for HP w2207 and that's the pic that came up and from memory it seemed similar. They did release 2 updated models though.

No the fuse is not 10mm - the highstreet electrical components retailer i visited had 10mm fuses in and they were too large.

It's 5mm

Edit: or are you saying i'll get away with soldering a 10mm one in there? I would have thought the resistance would be different

englishpremier · 17 Jun 2011 at 14:15

PiKe said:
Surely there's a reason why the fuse blew in the first place?

This.

I tried just naked 3amp wire, but it blew and tripped my electric.

The monitor will be going in bin and i'll be stuck with a 17" one.