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Re: [Mgs] Fuses

To: <v.navarrette@comcast.net>, "'Glenn Schnittke'"
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Fuses
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 09:00:05 +0100
Simply changing the fuse rating won't do anything, you could put a six-inch 
nail in and nothing untoward would happen ... *until* you get a 
short-circuit.  If a 35 US fuse has a 70 amp blow rating then whilst the 
wiring might get a bit warm in the event of a *partial* short (a full short 
is going to blow that fuse just like a correct fuse) it is unlikely to burst 
into flames, people put 80 and 100 amp alternators on MGB wiring, which will 
deliver those currents if asked to.  Nevertheless the correct rating 
*should* be used.

PaulH.

----- Original Message ----- 
> DO NOT substitute a 35 amp US fuse for a 35 amp British fuse.
> Doing so will probably set your wiring on fire.
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