[Spridgets] keep blowin' fuses....whassup?

[Edward Perez]

Got the fire extinguisher handy, but hesitant to go any higher than a 25A...  Would that be 35A British?  Which I see would be 20A US according to some of the charts.

 Edward Perez
Snohomish, WA
78 Midget (1275)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lbc_newbie/




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From: brown dan <na7db at yahoo.com>
To: David Lieb <72spridget at gmail.com>; Chris King <cbking at alum.rpi.edu>; Edward Perez <eap2140 at yahoo.com>
Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 9:40:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] keep blowin' fuses....whassup?


My midget, mgb, and TD are all 35 amp fuses.  I buy them and put at least 5 spares in every vehicle.  That is the original setup.
 
However many of us modify things for a safety factor like putting in relays for headlights on separate fuses.  There are a lot of articles and a book on how to make improvements to the infamous Lucas system.
 
And like everyone who knows history, I carry a fire extinguisher with me.
 
Godd Luck,   Dan


--- On Fri, 2/19/10, Edward Perez <eap2140 at yahoo.com> wrote:


>From: Edward Perez <eap2140 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] keep blowin' fuses....whassup?
>To: "David Lieb" <72spridget at gmail.com>, "Chris King" <cbking at alum.rpi.edu>
>Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
>Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 8:31 PM
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>I could not find any fuse values in any of the diagrams in any of my manuals.  What's up with that?? I only recall a thread out here not too long ago that someone found some 17A fuses from a tractor that were exactly what was recommended for his car (can't recall where he found that info).  So I stuck in a 20A and crossed my fingers!  Where does one find out what exactly goes into the fuse box for all the connections if not the freakin' manual??
>
>Edward Perez
>Snohomish, WA
>78 Midget (1275)
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/lbc_newbie/
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>From: David Lieb <72spridget at gmail.com>
>To: Chris King <cbking at alum.rpi.edu>
>Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
>Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 7:56:46 PM
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] keep blowin' fuses....whassup?
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>> '78-79 Midgets had an electric temp gauge...
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>Which is why I prefaced my remarks with "According to my wiring diagrams" ;-)
>Ya know, I knew he had a rubber-bumper Midget with a 1275 substituted,
>but that was as much detail as had stuck. I mistakenly thought it was
>a 75 or 76, so I looked at those, too. The last-gen wiring diagram is
>such a mess (because of the electric temp gauge?) that I really did
>not feel like analysing it.
>David L
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