Thread: fog machine fuse?

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I was told that fog machines have two fuses. One is internal, and the other is external, is this true. if so where is the internal fuse located. I have one of those skull fogger and the eyes light up but the machine will not get hot. Any ideas?

I have only seen the ones that have the external.
Can you retrofit another fogger into this skull....because a new fogger may be far cheaper and less hassle.

I just bought four new foggers but I don't want to risk ruining them. I'm not the best at electronics. I think I will just take the skull off and screw to a wall as a decoration.

Now that I thought about it I could but the skull into another fogger. The eyes would need there own power source. I believe they are L.E.D lights. How many volts does it take to power to L.E.D. lights?

It is probably the thermal link. It is designed to open (melt) at a certain temperature. I blew one of mine years ago when I left the fog machine turned on too long.

If this is the case, you can replace it. I believe I bought mine at Radio Shack for a dollar or so. If you're not comfortable de-soldering & re-soldering, find a handy-man to do it for you.

Where is the thermal link located?

It's a thermo coupler and is located on the heat exchanger (big round thing just before the exiting nozzle. ).

It'll look like a button with two wires going to it... they may be soldered, or they may have spade connectors.

Would I be able to see if it is melted. I am looking at it and it looks fine.

It won't look melted... it an open connection until the heat exchanger gets hot enough then it will close
allowing the fogger to fog.

If it stays in an open state, even if the heat exchanger gets hot, the fogger won't fog.

When you plug the fogger in and let it set for a while, does the heat exchanger heat up?

You can try this with the cover off.

If it doesn't heat up, then there's other problems.

No heat at all. In fact It feels like It gets colder.