This no fuse philosophy is used on battleships. When a battleship goes into
battle they throw switches across the fuses, effectively taking them out of
the circuit. The thinking is that minor shorts will clear themselves (melt
open), if the current is unrestricted. The major shorts will burn up the
wiring, but the headlight/16"gun is dead at that point anyway.
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Dudley" <wdudley4@attbi.com>
To: "Skye Poier" <skye@ffwd.cx>
Cc: "MG Nuts" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: How much current headlights
> My understanding is that the reason headlights were not fused in MGs was
so that a
> blown fuse would not leave you without headlights at an inopportune
moment.
> Wouldn't the same logic apply to a relay? Do "modern" cars have a relay
in the
> headlight circuit? Since I plan to completely rewire my 74 1/2 GT I
would
> appreciate comments from those more knowledgeable.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Dudley
> 67 MGB Original Owner
> 74 1/2 B GT V8 Project
>
> Skye Poier wrote:
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