What The Heck Are Fusees?

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Greg H.'s Comment
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I'm studying for the CDL permit test.

When checking safety equipment: Three red reflective triangles, 6 fusees or 3 liquid burning flares.

What the heck are 'fusees'?

I know they have to be different or aren't the same as ' fuses ' somehow, right? They are listed along with reflective triangles and burning flares so, they must have something to do with road warning signals.

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Turtle's Comment
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Juust a mispriint
Trucker Kearsey 's Comment
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Lights are considered a safety feature so you must have fuses in case a bunch go.off. i once saw a truck and trailer whose entire driver lights did not work. blinkers, markers, brakes...nothing. mirrors or a pretrip would have helped. that was definitely a fuse issue not a bulb issue.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Greg H.'s Comment
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Juust a mispriint

I don't think so, because it has two separate references to fuses/fusees, in the same part but, used for two separate things. The fuses are of course, fuses but, fusees are in the same sentence as triangles and flares. I don't believe they are the same as fuses. I'll copy and paste what I'm looking at.

Check Emergency Equipment

Check for safety equipment:

Spare electrical fuses (unless vehicle has circuit breakers).

Three red reflective triangles, 6 fusees or 3 liquid burning flares.

Properly charged and rated fire extinguisher.

Anchorman's Comment
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Fusee

Definition of fusee:

2 : a red signal flare used especially for protecting stalled trains and trucks
Turtle's Comment
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Interesting. My bad on that. I was just making a smartalec comment, having never heard of a fusee.
Errol V.'s Comment
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Interesting. My bad on that. I was just making a smartalec comment, having never heard of a fusee.

's ok, Turtle. Fusees are more or less obsolete as traffic signal things now. Open flame and all that.
Greg H.'s Comment
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Fusee

Definition of fusee:

2 : a red signal flare used especially for protecting stalled trains and trucks

Cool, thank you Anchorman.

Bad Turtle :) lol
Ken M. (TailGunner)'s Comment
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Flares.
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