I added several new circuits. The fuses do their job. ;) image of burned out aftermarket back up light: https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/WesternMidWATripJuly13#5902910767059625938 The metal shroud is ground. The positive lead somehow migrated over a little and shorted out. Bad design AFAIK. Fuse location of non OEM fuses I installed was basically me being lazy. I have documented where the added fuses are located so I, or next owner, aren't in the dark so to speak. :) In hindsight, I should've done a fuse block at the Westy cabinet or elsewhere. The comment I made was a hint to the OP. If removing stock fuses doesn't yield a result, maybe a PO installed a new circuit and put the fuse in an odd place? Neil.
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Mike B <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote:
> I'm curious as to why you would hide fuses all over your bus? There's > really only 2 places where a fuse is appropriate; the battery and the fuse > block. Both are the beginning of a circuit. Placing a fuse anywhere > downstream will not protect the portion of the circuit that's upstream of > it. The whole idea of fuses is to protect the entire positive side of the > circuit from accidental shorting to chassis ground, which could cause a > fire. Too large of a fuse will not blow when appropriate, too small of a > fuse will blow in normal uses. I see no point in adding fuses downstream > all over a vehicle. > > Mike B. > > > On 7/24/2013 1:42 AM, neil n wrote: > Neil. Who has hidden non OEM fuses ALL over his bus. ;)
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