the fuse in my LG refrigerator burned out and i have had the hardest time tracking down a new fuse. The fuse is soldered to the circuit board and rather than pay $180 for a new circuit board with the fuse... i figured i would simply desolder the old fuse and solder in a replacement. Problem is... i can't find it anywhere. It lists (250V/9A, 125V, 15A)... which i take as meaning i could use either one. I have been mostly looking for a 15Amp 125 Volt fuse cut can't seem to track it down... plus i don't know the difference between a fast acting fuse, a slow burn fuse, a ceramic fuse, etc. Also if i install a 15A 250V ceramic fuse... will that work just was well?

Ruben, February 2010

Solder a fuse holder and by a slow blow fuse.

I've had mine in there for three years without any problems

Gary, September 2011

Happened to me with my 2yr old LG. After reading all the posts here and on Fix Ya I decided to take a chance-took the circuit board to a TV repair place. For $15 he soldered in a new ceramic fuse(250v/15amp) and so far I'm good to go. Saved me at least $250 and my frig being down at least a week.

cindypoo, September 2010

actually if you look at the old fuse it is a 250v/15a don't go by what the board says

David, May 2010

We had the same problem... the fuse on the circuit board blew, we went to a local electronic supply store and had them put in a fuse holder for future problems so we may replace the fuse ourselves. The cause could be a power surge or spike but there is no way of knowing for sure. So far, it's working fine....

Lluu, April 2010

No you can't use either one. You must match up the voltage to what voltage is used in your country. If your supply is 230 - 250V and you put in a fuse rated for only 125V it will burn out almost straight away. Like Peccavi said you really need to find out what caused the fuse to blow in the first place. There must be a reason. They are put there for safety reasons.

Lincoln Appliance NZ, February 2010

Much will depend on which country you are in. Given the $180 you mention then very probably the US or Canada where the nominal supply voltage is 115V - there's a strong possibility that the board needs the higher current fuse - 15A - so 15A 250V will (should) be fine....HOWEVER...

Something caused the fuse to melt - too much current flowing - the fault that caused too much current to flow may well still be present somewhere in the equipment (on the board or external to it) - it's more than probable that any new fuse will blow immediately. You may get lucky - I would guess a 5% chance at best.

9A fuse for Europe - 15A Fuse for USA

It's by no means certain that a new $180 PCB will fix the problem - the fuse on that may blow too if the fault is external to the board. You really need to find out why the fuse blew.

Good luck...

Peccavi, February 2010