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Re: Burnt Fuses

I'm going to take a wild guess and say this is the spike powering the compressor.

It is a known issue that the start-up amperage of the compressor far exceeds what a normal fuse can handle. You need to use a snap-action fuse that automatically resets - they will handle the overcurrent for long enough (usually) to get past the compressor start up until the compressor drops to the steady-state draw of lower amperage.