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Subject: [Healeys] Inline fuses
From: michael.oritt at gmail.com (Michael Oritt)
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:59:38 -0400
References: <4DAE8F34.70404@chello.nl> <1576983614.11134.1303314096490.JavaMail.root@sz0158a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> <BANLkTi=m=7VcLQkrcxvntrpPcNWW_SqTKw@mail.gmail.com>
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 at 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 at 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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