Anyone here ever have the fuse in their Helix blow?

Last weekend I was checking in on my snakes, and one of the racks's thermostat was not on. So, panicking, I checked the temperatures and hooked up a backup on-off type that I had, and ran it to a different outlet. For those of you who don't know, I am at school right now, and my boas that are here with me are being kept at a friend's apartment. He said that he had checked it at 2pm and it was fine, I found it out at 5pm. So after I changed the thermostat , I took off the back-plate of the Helix to find the fuse inside had blown.

I was unable to find a replacement up here at radio shack, so I'm having my mom mail me one from home, and if that doesn't work to send me an extra Herpstat thermostat.

Has anyone ever had the fuse blow in their Helix? If so, do you know why, or what may have caused it? Also, did it work after replacing the fuse?

Lastly, has anyone had to send in for the warranty on their Helix?

I'm just glad this happened while I was here, and not home for Thanksgiving. Further support to my use of one thermostat per cage/rack. For those of you who use one Thermostat for multiple cages/racks, just think of what is rellying on that one thermostat. I have 7 boas in the rack where the thermostat went out on.

Oh and, if the fuse blows on the Helix, does it spike the temp, or cut the current? I would imagine that it cuts the current. I don't know exactly when this happened, as I said, but the boas were all at stable temps. I just want to know if this happened again to one of my thermostats, are the snakes cooking, or are they just being lowered to room temperature.

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