Be careful about buying fuses on eBay, a good number are counterfeit, as there is no way to check a fuse for authenticity except by careful comparison of its construction, or destructive testing. So, spend the extra few dollars and get it from an authorized distributor for Fluke.
Any idea of how to tell whether a fuse is genuine, besides destroying it? I (stupidly, in hindsight
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) ordered some off ebay (granted, the seller has a high rating) because here in Switzerland, anything that electrons flow through that isn't a PC component costs a go•••••ed fortune. The ebay seller with free shipping was much cheaper.
One of them appears to have a pad-printed label, the other appears to be inkjet. Had I seen that a few years ago it would have been a dead giveaway, but with industrial inkjets being widely used for legitimate applications these days, I can't be sure.
"How bad could they be?" I asked myself, but this was before watching Dave and others tear apart cheap Chinese crap and seeing exactly how horrific it can be!
Mind you, I only got them as spares to keep on hand, the Fluke 87V still has its factory fuses in it, and I don't actually plan on blowing them. I assume that if I did blow a fuse somehow, these potential fakes could still tide me over for low-voltage stuff till I procured a definitely-real fuse.
Any thoughts? Thanks!