Date:         Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:28:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
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From:         Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Headlight upgrade questions
Comments: To: David Brodbeck <gull@cyberspace.org>
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Thank you!!!

At 04:07 PM 9/9/02 -0400, David Brodbeck wrote:
>On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Chris Mills wrote:
>
> > Now that my headlight switch is only driving the headlight relays and the
> > toggle relay (high/low beam) - - should I reduce the fuse for the original
> > circuits? The new headlight circuits are fused at a new fuse panel out
> back.
> >
> > I'm thinking a pretty major short to ground would have to occur to blow the
> > OEM fuses at 8 amps - enough to melt the wiring before the fuse blew.
>
>I don't think there should be any need for that.  The fuse is presumably
>correct for the size of the stock wiring, so it should protect things
>adequately.  The fact that you now have less of a load on that circuit
>doesn't really change that.  The only reason to downsize the fuse would be
>if you'd replaced some of the wiring with a lighter gauge.
>
>I've blown 16A fuses with brief shorts to ground, so I wouldn't worry
>about the 8A not blowing. ;)
>
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