Is there a solid fuse-like item that I can use in place of a fuse, to bypass it?

Are you an employee at what was the AKM semiconductor factory in Japan?

.."Oh, this might be an idea, someone on AudioGon said they used to do this back in 'Nam..."

UL certification is not legally required in America. 

There may be commercial considerations, and perhaps some codes may require it, though.

I understand that Underwriters Laboratories is a non-profit organisation dedicated to testing the safety of electrical products.

do we have to ascribe some cakyol approved physical explanation for the propulsion system used by the mysterious flying objects detected by USAF combat aircraft before they are deemed real ?

Isn’t that analogy just a deliberate oversimplification of the quantum nano metaphysics involved in demonstrating the many and varied characteristics of audio fuses as are so often conveyed in colorful language here on AudioGon?