Fuses between connector strips and power cords

[urthegman]

What kind of in-line fuse can I put on the + side of my power cord between the connector strips and power cords that will help protect the triacs from frying?

[sirloinofbeef001]

When you find out let me know. I think if it were that simple RJ and others would have done it by now.... albeit im not an electrician.. i are a plumber...

[JonB256]

Since the overwhelming cause of a bad Triac (affectionately known as a Blown Triac) is a dead short on the output power cord when the channel is told to turn on.

The Express fuses are to protect the board, not the Triacs, because a Triac dies so suddenly.

I'm not sure what fuse type you could put in-line that would reliably open before the Triac. But will definitely say Instant or Super Fast.

 - and then I looked at AutoZone

Bussmann  2 Amps AGC fast-acting glass tube fuse

and this In Line holder might do the trick. (AGC fuses come in many many amp sizes)
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[tbone321]

No fuse is going to protect them.  They will blow faster than just about any fuse under a dead short.  What you would need is a current limiter to keep the max flow below the Triac max current along with that fuse an that can get rather expensive.

[bassmants]

Are you losing alot of them?  What causes them to blow?

[TexasStingray]

If you got the bucks just put GFI's on each of the line's might protect them.