Anyone ever use fuse lamps around the house?

[TripletDaddy]

We have some under cabinet lighting along the floor in the kitchen that employs small fuse lamps spaced around every 8 or so inches. The fuses snap in and out of a small electrical housing unit that is subsequently attached to an electrical cord that supplies power.

It looks something like this if you were looking under the cabinets, except not so many lights



Tonight I was popping a couple of the dead bulbs out and one was stuck pretty well. In trying to pull the fuse bulb off, the electrical unit snapped off the cord in the process. It appears that the unit attaches to the wire via two prongs that simply cut directly in the cord.

My question for those that are familiar with these lighting systems....do you indeed simply push the prongs back into the cord and that is that? The original point of attachment is very difficult to see because it is so close to the ground and even then the holes are facing downward. Using a mirror, it appears that the holes are simply punctured as opposed to pre-cut for installation. I don't want to short anything out so thought I'd ask here. Not sure if it even makes sense.

[creekster]

I have never seen those before but if the holes in the cord look like small punctures and the cord is flat and the fixture has prongs like two little vampire teeth you are probably ok just sticking it back on in about the same place. Just make sure you cover the old holes and you shold be fine.

YMMV

[TripletDaddy]

I have never seen those before but if the holes in the cord look like small punctures and the cord is flat and the fixture has prongs like two little vampire teeth you are probably ok just sticking it back on in about the same place. Just make sure you cover the old holes and you shold be fine.

YMMV

That is exactly what they look like...vampire teeth. I was afraid to describe them that way in this forum, lest everyone mock me incessantly

Also, the cord is flat.

I didn't know you could plug stuff directly into some cords like that. Very cool. I assume it only works for low voltage stuff and even then not around water.

[Surfah]

That is exactly what they look like...vampire teeth. I was afraid to describe them that way in this forum, lest everyone mock me incessantly

Also, the cord is flat.

I didn't know you could plug stuff directly into some cords like that. Very cool. I assume it only works for low voltage stuff and even then not around water.

That's actually what they're called. Well zip plugs/connectors, stab connectors or vampire plugs/connectors. They're popular in outdoor lighting with Christmas lights and other yard lighting where you may not want a light spaced evenly for example.

They have them for all sorts of applications though. I have even seen some that will allow you to tap right into romex.