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It will work perfectly without the eye. I would also be very surprised that even if the eye had 'blown', that it would have blown a fuse....the power requirements for the eye are very very low. What indications do you have that the eye has blown? Never heard of that before unless as previously stated it's cracked.

It's much more likely that something else has failed like the rectifier which may have flashed and sparked.