Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:16:16 -0700
Reply-To: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Fuses
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Just spend a day on the phones here at Airhead/VWG and while you may think
you've heard it all (for me 32 years), you would be shocked as to what some
nimrods have done to their rides.
While David may have made a prank, I figured I would pipe up in case someone
would think it was the smart thing to do. Ya never know these days......
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing Since March 1999
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a feeling that ol' David had his prank on when he posted that.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
>
>
> On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 16:22 -0700, Old Volks Home wrote:
> > Wrapping fuses in tinfoil is just begging for an electrical fire if
> > something shorts along the way BTDT over 3 decades ago when I was stupid.
> > Glass fuses (GBC) from Buss or Littlefuse are fine. If using the Ceramic
> > style make sure their strips are brass or copper. Cheep aluminum strip
> > fuses oxidizes and creates an open circuit, thus nothing works,
> especially
> > in humid, moisture rich areas. Something I learned from my
> aircraft-minded
> > late father. That's all I use in my VWs and 914.
> > --
> > Jim Thompson
> > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> > 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
> > Full Timing Since March 1999
> > oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> > http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> > ***********************************
> > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 5:43 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > At 04:15 PM 10/18/2010 -0700, Mike Miller wrote:
> > >
> > >> I found some of those torpedo looking fuses but can't tell what value
> they
> > >> are. I have red, white, and blue, so patriotism aside anyone know the
> > >> values? Or even what they're called so I can google the values?
> > >>
> > >
> > > If you wrap them in heavy-duty tinfoil the color doesn't really
> > > matter...but make sure it's dull side out.
> > >
> > > Also, the glass ones from ?Littelfuse? make more reliable contact. I
> > > forget the type designation, sorry.
> > >
> > > :)
> > > d
> > >
>
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