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Re: wiring followup.

To: Theo Smit <theo.smit@dynastream.com>, garywinblad@comcast.net,
Subject: Re: wiring followup.
From: Tony McNulty <t.mcnulty@ieee.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:00:17 -0400
The real deal with things like fusible links is to protect the wiring itself
from burning up in cases where a fault occurs BEFORE the element protected
by fuse -- a fault there could take the entire amount of current and turn
everything to cinders -- remember Lucas, Prince of Darkness -- lots of MG's
and Triumph's (etc.) have gone that way -- and I'm sure, more than a Tiger
or two.

Minor collisions can set up exactly this scenario (and probably have).

Tony McNulty





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