Re: VIN 1758 - The Disaster That Would Have Been

[Steve Bepko <sbepko@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>]

On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Godly Krew wrote:

> Anybody know where I can get a 12 volt DC current circuit breaker to hook up
> to the battery?  I see there is a place in the fuse panel that would have
> prevented this disaster....I didnt know it was missing!  Something must have
> got rigged before I bought it...isnt the car suposed to not work if the fuse
> marked "batt" is missing?

When you connect directly to the battery, no fuse in the instrument panel
will help.  What you might do is wire yourself a "cigarette lighter"
receptacle with an in-line fuse (typical lighters have a 10 amp fuse, the
size will depend on the wire gauge used).


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