BEWARE of inline fuses...😠

[HIGHWAY BY THE SEA]

Today when I was working on my 81 Stepside that just got out of the paint shop I had to reach under the dash to replace a bulb in the gauge pod. When I did this, I must have slipped a wire insulating piece of electrical tape off the power wire on the radio and it grounded. The next thing I knew my radio was smoking all over the place and I had to go under the hood and disconnect the battery. Unbelievably my factory original DELCO AM/FM radio still works, but I am worried that the wires in it may be FRIED. What I cannot understand is that grounded power wire has an inline fuse in it and this fuse did not blow for some reason. If the wires were cooking the fuse should have popped but it did not. Be very careful with inline fuses folks. Today I learned my lesson.