Fusing the fan?

[Robert Myers]

NONONONO!!!  A fuse should always act to shut off power to the protected 
part of the circuit.  Put it on the "hot side" of the circuit. If a fuse on 
the ground side of the fan blows there will still be a nominal +12 volts 
supplied to the fan.  If the fan is short circuited to ground - first there 
is no protection and second, it's unlikely the fuse will even blow because 
the current drain will flow directly to ground bypassing the fuse.  It 
would not matter a whole lot whether the fuse blew or not under those 
circumstances.  How good are you at fighting electrical fires?

At 07:51 AM 9/21/2004 -0700, Pat Korach wrote:

>Anthony
>
>If I remember right you fuse the brown ground wire going to the fan.
>
>Pat Korach
>Kirkland, WA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Hoffman Anthony J A1C 552 CMS/MXMVC" <Anthony.Hoffman at tinker.af.mil>
>To: "'Ben Swann'" <benswann at comcast.net>
>Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:17 AM
>Subject: Fusing the fan?
>
>
> > How have some of you fused the fan? I have two 5000's recently acquired,
>and
> > would like to do this. What amp rating is required?
> >
> > As a side note, I put the battery under the back seat of my 4kq, no design
> > flaw there.
> >
> > Tony Hoffman
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