Norman Nock always warned against fusing the headlights circuit for the
reason that Peter mentions and I have never understood the logic. If a
short would take out a fuse on a circuit protected with one why would it not
take out the wiring on one not protected?
FWIW I have two fuse panels, one for circuits switched by the ignition and
another for those that are always hot with a separate fuse for each
appliance, including the headlights.
Best--Michael Oritt
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Peter Schauss <rpschauss@gmail.com> wrote:
> On my BJ7, I have two inline fuses. One is on the wire which runs
> from the headlight switch to the tail lights and dashboard lights.
> The other one is in the circuit which feeds the overdrive relay. The
> idea of the second one is to prevent to overdrive solenoid from
> burning out if the cutoff switch for the pull-in winding fails.
>
> I have considered putting fuses in the headlight circuit but the
> thought of loosing my headlights suddenly had detered me so far.
>
> HTH,
> Peter Schauss
> 1963 BJ7
> 1980 MGB
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:41 AM, <gardner5@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Any recommendations on areas to install inline fuses in a BN2?B The
> smoke
> > billowing from the boot of a friends BN2 due to an issue with the license
> > plate bulb has got me thinking.
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