Falt screen TV internal fuse

[Zehroni]

I wonder if you can help

The internal fuse of my flat screen tv has blown up . this what is written on one of its end

FT2.5 AL250VP

What does it mean?, does it mean 2.5 Am , 250V,? there are so many variation of them on ebay and hard to decided which to order, any help would be highly appreciated

 

[jj4091]

Yes that is what it means, but there could be fault that has caused it to blow. I hope not, it is worth trying it though.

 

[bernardgreen]

The P often means it is a slow acting fuse or a pulse immune fuse. This means it will not blow on the in-rush current when the power supply is switched on and the capacitors in the power supply unit are charging up.

The fuse is a safety critical component and fitting the wrong type of fuse (*) can result in parts of the TV overheating and maybe catching fire.

(*) some low cost fuses are badly made and may not blow when they should do. Buy from a reputable source.

But as already mentioned the fuse may have blown due to a fault in the TV power supply circuit and the replacement fuse may blow immediately.