XPost: misc.consumers.frugal-living   
   From: Impedance@UgotOCD.invalid   
      
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   "m II"  wrote in message news:jqc0qq$nrt$1@dont-email.me...   
   Fuses on electric stoves/ranges are bad for that. They commonly break   
   the link where it bends, just outside of sight. The fuse looks good   
   through the glass, but there's no continuity.   
      
   The repeated cycling off/on and the resultant thermally caused   
   expansion/contraction probably work hardens the metal where it's   
   already been stressed by the bend, causing the fractures.   
      
   So, yes...using a meter is a very good idea.   
      
      
   mike   
      
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