Multimeter replacement fuse

I am wanting to replace the fuse for my Radio Shack 22-109 multimeter. The replacement, apparently, should be a "315 mA/250V fast blow fuse" according to what's printed directly on the circuit board next to where the fuse installation is. On the fuse itself it says "F315mAH250V". So I went to our local radio shack and they looked and said they don't stock that one. They said it is ceramic and all they have is a glass so probably wouldn't work as a replacement. There's no place else locally that sells little fuses like that. I looked in ebay and found these, I suppose they'd be the proper replacement, but I'd have to get a whole pack of five, plus pay the shipping: 5 Qty 5x20mm 315mA Fast Blow Fuse 250V 315mA 217 Ceramic | eBay I don't know what the 217 in the description refers to or whether that could matter.
Any comments on whether those on that ebay listing would be the right replacement, or any comments otherwise appreciated. Here's a picture of my blown fuse and my meter circuit board.

 

Yes.... the ones on Ebay are good. I've used 500ma standard fuses in a pinch.

Your meter blew the fuse because you were on the wrong scale or connecting to voltage over the meters limit.. Possibly trying to measure voltage on a current scale.

 

Try Home Depot or a hardware store also before you order. Electronic or even electrical supply houses are also places to try.

 

I would but we don't have a Home Depot here, believe it or not. Got one hardware store, a True Value, but they said no go to Radio Shack. No electronic supply houses or electronic stores here either, in this little town. But thanks for the suggestions... You'd think the Radio Shack would've had one, but NO.

 

Okay thanks PJ will go ahead get the Ebay 5-pack. Not sure what I'll do with the four extra remaining replacements though because I'm sure I'll never be on the wrong scale or connect voltage over the meters limit again.

 

Tried the Shack once for a fuse and the clerk was so un informed about fuses I just gave up because she kept trying to sell me fuses that obviously wouldn't work for my specs. Not my first bad experience so I always try to look up the catalog number on line first then go in with the catalog number.

 

You mean the catalog number for the Radio Shack product? My multimeter says Cat. No. 22-109. I took in the actual blown fuse and showed it to the girl there. She looked in their fuse bin/drawers and couldn't come up with a ceramic one of that size/type, she said.

 

Famous last words! I don't know how many times I have been measuring both current and voltage with my Fluke meters and accidentally forgotten to switch from current back to voltage BEFORE measuring voltage. I like to buy the replacement fuses in five packs because I KNOW I will need another one sooner or later.

 

Naw... I'm sure I will never ever do that again.

 

No, I meant look at RS on line for the fuse than give them that catalog number for the fuse.

 

Looks like RS on line doesn't show any ceramic one either of the size I want. Lists the glass one though.

https://www.radioshack.com/apps/sear...D=product_type

https://www.radioshack.com/products/...ant=5717245381

 

And glass is fine. Just copy down the catalog number and take it with you. In the past I have just printed out the whole page and given it to them.

 

Glass is fine? But, as I mentioned in my initial post here, the girl there at Radio Shack said they had a glass one but that it "wouldn't work" as a replacement for my "ceramic" one.

Edit: Did a bit of googling "research". safety - Fuses: What are the practical differences between Ceramic and Glass cartridge fuses - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange
Might be a practical reason discussed there as to why or why not I should or shouldn't go glass/ceramic.

 

Interesting. I don't have an answer.

 

Decided to order up that 5-pack of the ceramic type on Ebay; total cost including shipping: $4.64. The price on just a single one of those glass ones from the local Radio Shack was about 4 bucks anyway.
Thanks for all the input/comments.

 

I think that was the best idea. I would not hesitate substituting a ceramic fuse for a glass one but I would not go the other way.

 

The ordinary glass AGC fuses that Radio Shack carries are rated to only 125 volts. It's not unusual to find 12 volt-marked ones since they're pretty common in older cars and trucks.

I don't know your meter but many are certified safe to 600 or even 1000V. To maintain that level of safety you don't want to use a fuse with a rating less than that.
The ceramic fuses I keep on hand to repair these meters are rated to 1000V.

The eBay ones will work in a pinch but do have a lower voltage rating.