Toyota Prius: Con-FUSE-d

Actually, I'm not confused at all, just bemused by fuses in my 2004
Prius. One of the 12v outlets stopped working, and I found that its 15A
fuse had blown. No big deal, I thought, I'll just head over to my local
Pep Boys and buy an assortment of replacement fuses, right? Wrong.
Toyota used a non-standard type of fuse that they don't carry and
neither of the guys who were helping me had ever seen before.

I was able to get the fuse at the Toyota dealership, of course, but at a
cost 49 cents, whereas a package of 20 standard mini blade fuses was
$2-3 at Pep Boys and. Oh well, it's not as if the cost is going to
break the bank...

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Scrutiny <a@b.c> wrote:
 

It was my underdash outlet, too.
 

Exactly where the owner's manual indicates. ;-)

Which is under the dash to the extreme left. You pretty much have to
get down on the ground and look up to see it.
 

Again according to the manual, the fuse is specifically for that one
outlet.
 

I just bought some fuses at the dealership when I went in for routine
maintenance. And someone else said they're available at AutoZone.

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