Even after spending years working on cars and automotive electrics, it continues to confound me just how fragile fuse prongs are. So, if your fuse prong has broken off, how can you remove it from your car? Bear in mind that if left unchecked, a broken fuse prong could lead to electrical malfunctions or even short circuits. Thankfully, needle-nose pliers can easily grip the broken prong, enabling careful extraction. All you need to do is gently grip the broken fuse …
Before we can find out how to test car fuses let’s first determine what is a fuse. Fuses are safety devices that shield an automobile’s electric circuits from an excess of current (overloading). A wire that is overloaded could melt or catch fire without a fuse. A separate fuse protects each circuit. Electric power steering and radiator fan circuits, for example, are protected by a number of larger fuses with high Amp ratings. Additionally, there is at least one primary …