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"Everbody" > wrote in message ... > 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. |
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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)" KG6RCR ------------------------------------ Today's Deep Thought: Actual Test Answers Music Teachers Have Recieved, #8: When a singer sings, he stirs up the air and makes it hit any passing eardrums. But if he is good, he knows how to keep it from hurting. ------------------------------------ |
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>We have ways to make you talk! Everyone hold him down while I make him >look at this picture of Michael Jackson naked! You're SICK!...............Aow............Maaaaan! That is Truely Sick!!! Run, Quick James, Run! Remove "YOURPANTIES" to reply MUADIB® http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...IN%20PAGE.html one small step for man,..... One giant leap for attorneys. |
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"Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott" et> wrote in message ... > 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: >> >> >>>> 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 Eww. Gross. An old white woman. Charles of Kankakee N5HSR/9 |
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