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Can you change your home AC fuse with one that has a higher amp rating?
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∙ 15y ago
This question could mean two things: A) You want to know if you can make your electrical service bigger. You can. In fact, if you have fuses, your current amperage is pretty low and most modern homes are installing 200 amp circuit breaker panels. Call an electrician to help you with this. B) You want to stop something from tripping, so you want to put in a bigger fuse than what's there. As below, DON'T do this. Fuses and circuit breakers are designed to prevent fire due to excess heat in an electrical system. Overrating the fuse, rather than fixing the problem causing the fuse to blow, will almost certainly cause fire. No, and if you don't know why you shouldn't be doing home electrical repair work. Get a book and read up on this.
== Yes you can, but it is NOT recommended under any circumstances! The "yes" answer is an honest one. You can put a fuse in a circuit that is several times the rating of the one that came out or that belongs in the fuse holder. But doing so is so totally nuts that only a fool of the first order would even consider doing it. Buildings have burned because of stuff like this, and fatalities have been recorded. You've been warned in every way possible. Please do a bit of homework and get up to speed on this kind of thing before diving headlong into it. The recommendations of the previous post are dead on target.
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