A fuse holder having a base made of insulating material, a block having a planar contact surface for contacting a blade terminal of a fuse and two holes that are located on opposite sides of the surface and extend along axes parallel to the surface, one hole being a mounting hole extending through the block, the other the hole being a retainer hole ending at a transverse wire receiving hole, a resilient member that is retained on the block and has an arm that is biased toward the planar contact surface, a connector located in the mounting hole and securing the block to the base, and a wire retainer located in the retainer hole.