Hegel fuse holder


Asking to see if anyone had upgraded the fuses in their Hegel integrated? I’m trying to open up the fuse box, but this thing is jammed shut, so maybe I’m missing something...there’s a flap I see to open it, but it won’t seem to budge.

Any ideas on ways to open this? I imagine someone had trouble installing new fuses and had a workaround.
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Tweaks rule. My system is so tweaked out it would take pages just to list it all and the crazy part is it works so good I only want more. To get some idea, take what you've done, multiply by a hundred. https://youtu.be/zZcZ6eJoxeE?t=9   This will totally trigger the Film Actors Guilds, if you know what I mean. But whatever. Stuff totally works. 

ECT, PHT, ditto. PPS, TDF, fO.q, Townshend, BDR, it really adds up. Its been a while now since the last round of tweaks adding fO.q tape and Active Shielding to the turntable. That left me slack-jawed for a good long time. Only now beginning to get used to that quantum leap. Just in time for more Townshend Pods for the Herron..... did I mention, tweaks rule? Buwahahaha!
Orange will blow your mind. Not because the improvement will be so staggeringly huge. But because the fuse is so small its hard to believe it could make ANY difference at all! Witness all those around here who still don't believe it! Even after a bazillion people try and hear and say yeah it is for real. 

If you can find a screwdriver with a blade as wide as the slot but still thin enough to fit in there and twist like nonoise said that is ideal. Otherwise don't worry, its not like this is something you do a lot, its in back and hidden by the power cord anyway.  

I like to Scotch tape the factory fuse nearby or preferably inside so its there as a spare and so when the amp gets sold the factory fuse goes and the SR stays!
Don't know what your Hegel uses, but there's only so many different designs. The trickiest are the tiny little ones with only a small slot you have to use a very small screwdriver to lever them open. The only image I could find on their website it looks like that's the one they use, integral with the IEC power socket. Try a very small, thin screwdriver, or maybe a pick.