sounds very low to me. I'd think 10 to 15 amps, but you are the electrical engineer of course ... just strikes me as very low, to supply power for ecu and fuel pump circuits.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 12:55 PM Subject: Re: Don't let this happen to you!
> At 01:17 PM 6/14/2010, David Beierl wrote: >>nail a dead short here, not worrying about gradual overloads. That >>moment has stretched to about ten months now, so maybe it's time I >>either measured it or put in a 7.5 on spec, since other wires like >>the P/S one are only 0.5 mm^2. > > Ok, running current on a 2.1l is about four amps or less. 7.5 amp fuse it > is. > > Yours, > David |
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