Bob,
Most fusible links are simply a smaller diameter copper wire than the
rest of the circuit. Do it right and install a fuse in a holder. If the
fuse blows
then you can replace it a lot easier than the fusible link.
At 06:45 AM 1/20/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Listers,
>
>I happened on this Website that offers a cure for those flammable plastic
>pachyderms, but sounds like a good idea for those of us with LBCs as well.
>It's call a fusible link and is just a high amperage fuse in the form of a
>wire that you insert into the primary electrical circuit. I sometimes worry
>about that long, thirty-five year old "snake" that runs from the battery to
>the starter relay. I have a kill switch installed close to the battery -
>you know, the kind that has a big red key - that's there to meet SCCA
>safety specs. But it also serves as an anti-theft and fire safety device as
>well. I don't generally turn it off when I have the car parked in my own
>garage though, but maybe I'll try and make it a habit. But a fusible link
>to the rest of the electrical system sounds like a swell idea. I've heard
>horror stories about Sunbeam dashes going up in smoke and it's clear the
>too-few-fuse stock system leaves a lot to be desired.
>
>Here's the URL. (note the obsession with originality!)
>
>http://www.restoration-station.com/elect-safety.htm
>
>
>Have a nice day guys,
>
>Bob
>Robert L. Palmer
>UCSD, Dept. of AMES
>619-822-1037 (o)
>760-599-9927 (h)
>rpalmer@ucsd.edu
>rpalmer@cts.com
>
>
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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