[Healeys] Headlight fusing - was Inline fuses

Steve B. Gerow steveg at abrazosdata.com
Thu Apr 21 08:40:16 MDT 2011


Norman Nock always warned against fusing the headlights circuit for the
reason that Peter mentions and I have never understood the logic.  If a
short would take out a fuse on a circuit protected with one why would it not
take out the wiring on one not protected?
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FWIW - my wife's '73 240Z has a 10amp fuse for each headlight. It must also have a separate wire for each headlight.
With that setup it's unlikely both headlights would go out at once. Separate wires with fuses would be a possible Healey safety addition.

Wonder if any modern cars have unfused headlights. Wouldn't bet on it.
-- 
Steve Gerow
Altadena, CA
BN6


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