John:
If you did not already know this, the Lucas fuses are rated
differently than US made fuses. The British use the DIN standard
(German) while US fuses use the UL (Underwriter's Laboratory) standard.
British fuses must be derated by 40-50% to get an equivalent UL rating.
So the Lucas fuse is roughly a 17-20 amp US fuse. So your 10 amp fuse
should let go first, as you have stated.
Vance
Vance Navarrette
Cogito Ergo Zoom
I think, therefore I go fast
-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of John Mitchell
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:39 AM
To: 6 Pack; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] Ruining rheostats
Thanks again to all that helped on this one. I never did find
exactly what the cause was(is), but I noted that gauge lights for the
speedometer were stretched pretty tight, so I rerouted those. I decided
to leave the rheostat jumper in place for now, but added an inline fuse
that I can get to easily. Hopefully if the short re-occurs( and you
know it will), that fuse will let go and all I'll lose is my gauge
lights and not my taillights. I used a 10 amp acg for the inline which
should go before the 35 amp Lucas. John Mitchell 76 TR6
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