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"Everbody" > wrote in message
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> Why depend on a damn wimpy fuse? If your car needs 100 amps, give it up!
> The wires supplying it will let you know by turning red or setting
> something nearby on fire. No bright red wires, no fire, no problem!

Or use #2 cable. It can't burn. Works for me.

On 12/18/2004 5:45 PM ThaDriver wrote:

> Or you can try the old "add a relay" trick to lessen the load on your
> switch.

I already have one. That wasn't the point of the post -- the switch had
not failed, nor the relay, but a fuse inline with the bendix had popped.
Knowing the typical current draw of the solenoid (30A @ pull-in, thanks
Rapid James) provided a darn good reason why the 15A fuse had popped.
The thread then forked into to a discussion about fusing high current
lines and other High Thoughts. Further contemplation (along with barbs
from helpful RAMVA-ites) has convinced me that the fuse is probably
superfluous anyway, though the argument can be made that EVERY wire on
an old vehicle like this should be fused.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
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"Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott"
et> wrote in message
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> On 12/18/2004 5:31 PM Speedy Jim wrote:
>
>> Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/18/2004 4:23 PM Speedy Jim wrote:
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>>
>>>> The starter solenoid draws ~30 Amps at initial pull-in.
>>>> That's one reason that VW never put a fuse in there.
>>>> If you feel you *must* have OC protection, consider using a
>>>> big automotive-style circuit breaker.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 30A? Well, that goes a long way toward explaining why the fuse popped!
>>> Thanks, Jim! Where'd you find the spec?
>>>
>> Oh, I have my sources <g>,
>
> We have ways to make you talk! Everyone hold him down while I make him
> look at this picture of Michael Jackson naked!
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
> KG6RCR

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