Fuse Amperage??? for a fuse beween the battery and the car.
Jim Green
jeg1976 at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 30 11:19:37 EDT 2002
--- Richard J Lebens <rick-l at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> Are you asking about a fuze on the battery? When
> you are starting your
> car the battery is delivering all the power it has
> for as long as the
> switch is on. The starting circuitry is a very low
> impedence, similar
> in magnitude to your seat springs connected to
> ground. You couldn't
> size a fuze to differentiate between a fault and the
> starter. In other
> words, a fuze large enough for the starter wouldn't
> protect anything in
> this circuit.
>
So your saying cranking my car for say 30 seconds is
the same as grounding my positive lead for 30 seconds?
Hmm, last time I cranked my engine for that long the
main power feed didn't start on fire. Unlike last
time I shorted my unfused amp wire in my old Jeep when
I stepped on the threshhold to get something off the
roof. Luckily I had a shovel to pry the wire off the
battery. Trust me, you need a fuse there.
> You can fuze all the low current accessories
> however.
Yea, that usually a good thing.
=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html
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