Casco fuse for �66 cigarette lighter

[Richard M.]

Rich,

I just got out the only electricity testing device I know how to use, my ancient, analog, Micronta multimeter from Radio Shack, and confirmed there is no continuity between the outer housing of the Casco fuse and the central contact.

Gary

Ok, Good then. Just wanted to be sure as I've never tested one of those fuses before.

Rich

[James W.]

[Jeff S.]

thanks for the information. I'd love to find two of those Casco fuses.

James

Found this in my stash o' stuff. Believe it's NOS Casco, but have no documentation or recollection of acquiring same.

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[Gary B.]

[Jeff S.]

Yes, 0.115 dia, like a probe. Other end has female threads.

[Frederick H.]

[Richard M.]

Going to show my ignorance here (wife says it's not the first time) but what is the AMP rating of the L2C?

Fred, That's a very good question. Tell her I said that.

I'm now wondering if it's actually a circuit breaker and not a "fuse".

In Gary's photo of the package there is no current rating.

Gary is anything stamped on the part itself?

Rich

[Gary B.]

[Gary B.]

Fred, That's a very good question. Tell her I said that.

I'm now wondering if it's actually a circuit breaker and not a "fuse".

In Gary's photo of the package there is no current rating.

Gary is anything stamped on the part itself?

Rich

[Richard M.]

Gary, I'm unsure but if it is a CB it'd reset after cool down.

Heat might trip it too, then reset.

There's nothing on the back of the package? Not even current rating?

If I had one you know me.... I'd open it up to see inside.

Rich

[Gary B.]

[Frederick H.]

[Richard M.]

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I'm holding it with pliers as Gary had it all apart in a bag when he sent it to me.
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I wanted to find the "fuse" inside the unit, or if it was a circuit breaker of some type. At first when Gary sent me the photos of it all apart, I thought the coil spring might be the fuse. I thought unwisely.
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Here are sequence photos during dissection. The little cardboard tube was opened up by simply peeling back the edges.
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Then I was able to remove the internal pieces. Inside the cardboard tube you can see the 4 pointed contactors. I believe those are the "fuses".
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On the opposite side of the 4 contact fuses, it is the contactor "button" which mates with the 4 large contacts on the insulated phenolic insulator(brown item with 6 tabs).
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I cleaned all of the contacts and reassembled the device. Sequence photos below.
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I used a small socket and my vice to press the assembly together while bending the 6 lock tabs over with wide pliers.
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Here it is all back together.
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I tested it for continuity and if shorted to ground. All good.
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Then I boxed it up and sent it back to Gary. It'll make good conversation next time his buddies come over for a visit when they hear the trip it went on. I sent it back to him on May 24th, USPS, Ground Advantage with tracking. He just received it yesterday, June 8th. It took a 15 day countrywide tour, heading from here in my town in eastern Florida to Gary's place in western California, stopping in Orlando, then Utah, then back to Orlando, then out to Utah again, then San Francisco, then back east to Texas, then eventually to California. It's actually quite hilarious. See below.

Tracking:

Delivered
Delivered, Front Door/Porch
SUNNYVALE, CA 94087
June 8, 2024, 10:54 am

Out for Delivery
SUNNYVALE, CA 94087
June 8, 2024, 8:49 am

Arrived at Post Office
SUNNYVALE, CA 94089
June 8, 2024, 8:38 am

In Transit to Next Facility
June 6, 2024

Departed USPS Regional Facility
AMARILLO TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 5, 2024, 9:53 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
AMARILLO TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 5, 2024, 4:18 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SAN FRANCISCO CA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 3, 2024, 8:21 am

In Transit to Next Facility
June 3, 2024, 6:36 am

In Transit to Next Facility
June 3, 2024, 1:21 am

In Transit to Next Facility
June 2, 2024, 8:20 pm

Departed USPS Regional Facility
SALT LAKE CITY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 2, 2024, 7:09 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SALT LAKE CITY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 2, 2024, 2:43 pm

Departed USPS Regional Facility
SEMINOLE-ORLANDO FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
May 31, 2024, 5:46 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
SEMINOLE-ORLANDO FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
May 30, 2024, 12:52 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SALT LAKE CITY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
May 27, 2024, 5:00 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
SEMINOLE-ORLANDO FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
May 25, 2024, 3:38 am

Departed Post Office
ROSELAND, FL 32957
May 24, 2024, 4:02 pm

USPS in possession of item
ROSELAND, FL 32957
May 24, 2024, 11:22 am

[Jeff S.]

[Gary B.]