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1. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "Andrew Frink" <tr4@drooartz.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:09:05 -0600; Really does make me wonder if the Brits just felt some overriding need to be Is there an advantage to using Lucas fuses over the appropriate BUSS fuse (assuming one gets the proper rating from the ch; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00452.html (8,117 bytes)
2. RE: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:38:47 -0700; Well, arguably it was the colonists that felt the need to be contrary ... the BS standard was there first (along with Whitworth threads and so on). This is a philosophical question IMO ... there is; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00455.html (9,141 bytes)
3. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:48:36 EDT; It's not a question of being contrary. Fuse rating systems are arbitrary. Do you rate them for the current they will carry or do you rate them for the current at which they will open? We arbitrarily; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00456.html (8,997 bytes)
4. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "Blake J. Discher" <bdischer@blakedischer.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:07:58 -0400; It makes a HUGE difference. Anyone that went to VTR saw a terrific demonstration by Joe Pawlak and Glenn Merrell in which they toasted a Jaguar with "American" fuses. It has to do with the voltage at; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00458.html (8,829 bytes)
5. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:38:18 -0400; Volts don't open fuses. Amps open fuses. The voltage drop across a good fuse is zero. The voltage drop across an open fuse is source voltage. Volts don't flow. Amps flow. If one of my students said; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00461.html (8,911 bytes)
6. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "Blake J. Discher" <bdischer@blakedischer.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:52:09 -0400; My mis-speak. Thanks John for pointing that out. Cheers, Blake Discher -- With your help, we did it! We raised more than $35,000 for the National Children's Cancer Society by driving our vintage Brit; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00463.html (8,564 bytes)
7. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "Andrew Frink" <tr4@drooartz.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:10:14 -0600; Thanks for that link, Blake. I may have to work on my idea for a "Virgin LBC Owners" book after all. I had no idea that there were different types of fuse ratings. Makes me wonder what else I don't k; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00464.html (8,720 bytes)
8. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: mrv8q@netscape.net; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:58:49 -0400; Thanks for that link, Blake. I may have to work on my idea for a "Virgin LBC Owners" book after all. I had no idea that there were different types of fuse ratings. Makes me wonder what else I don't k; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00465.html (8,897 bytes)
9. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:49:09 -0400; Sorry, you hit me in my sore spot! But it made the students remember. John == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00470.html (8,692 bytes)
10. RE: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:10:34 -0700; Thanks, Blake, for the article and the link. But the original fuses were not IEC specification either, and the difference between original fuse rating and an American fuse is larger than the differe; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00471.html (9,837 bytes)
11. RE: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:40:22 -0700; Forgot to add ... the difference in fuse rating is also in the opposite direction ! That is, a fuse that would earn a "35 amp" rating in the Lucas/BS system, would only earn (approximately) a "17.5 a; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00477.html (9,003 bytes)
12. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:09:37 EDT; Perhaps an analogy would be apropos here. Voltage in an electrical system is analogous to water pressure in a pipe. Voltage is sometimes referred to as electromotive force. Current is analogous to wa; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00480.html (9,987 bytes)
13. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: Andrew Frink <tr4@drooartz.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:49:47 -0600; I was trying to remember that quote to use, actually... seemed to fit (even though I'm not a Rumsfeld fan) -Drew == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00484.html (8,816 bytes)
14. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "JustBrits_com" <justbrits@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:05:18 -0500; Don't mean to "ruffle" student "feathers" not the Professor's<VBG>, BUT <<Volts don't open fuses.>> Agreed. <<Amps open fuses.>> Nope. "Heat" does!! (I said <G>)!! My books are in storage as wife doi; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00486.html (9,001 bytes)
15. RE: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:02:26 -0700; Perhaps there is, but it involves a bunch of other variables not given. To get heat, you have to dissipate power, which is volts times amps (or, since the resistance of the fuse is relatively fixed; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00490.html (9,189 bytes)
16. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:32:46 EDT; And don't forget to derate for ambient temperature. The main reason for premature fuse operation is contact resistance in the fuse holder (See Joe Pawlack's Fusinator demo) which effectively raises t; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00492.html (9,540 bytes)
17. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:36:40 -0400; Quite right, Old Bean! And no feathers ruffled. You may strike me in my punkin'. Dr. John Herrera Chief Boffin High Speed Triumph Research Laboratory Soggy Bottom Facility == This list supported in; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00500.html (9,462 bytes)
18. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:52:34 -0400; Every textbook that I have ever seen uses the old Water Flowing Through a Pipe Analogy to teach electricity. The idea being that it's easier for the student to understand water flowing through a pip; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00501.html (10,694 bytes)
19. Re: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:18:49 EDT; What is this world coming to? Dave == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00504.html (9,062 bytes)
20. RE: Now Lucas vs BUSS fuses (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:24:53 -0700; I'm glad to hear someone else doesn't like that analogy ! It falls apart so fast ... "If electricity in a wire is like water in a pipe, then why do pipes get cold but wires get hot ?" "Is there hot; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00509.html (9,083 bytes)

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