Nory,
I have no clue why the fuse would blow. I will send you scans of the
pages in the 2000 owners manual on fuses you can see if they help.
Bob Kitterer
1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition
On Jan 26, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Nory wrote:
> I know the battery was dead, but what caused the main fuse to
> blow? And is it easy to replace?
>
>
> On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Kitterer Bob wrote:
>
>> Nory,
>>
>> First, like a number of newer cars there are circuits active when the
>> ignition is off. For instance on the Miata the gas gage is still
>> active with the ignition off. The Miata has a rather small battery.
>> This early in the morning I can not think what type but setting they
>> will run down and if they are dead or close to dead they usually will
>> not come back to life. Mine was replaced twice before figuring out
>> what was happening. So I always keep it on a maintenance charger -
>> no more battery prolbems.
>>
>> Bob Kitterer
>>
>> 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
>> 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
>> 2000 Miata Special Edition
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