Lucas 17 amp /35 amp
standard in almost all LBCs (???)
17 max. continuous without blowing.
35 amp is the instantaneous blow point
Put in stock 15 amp if it blows over time...
up it to 20's max. Ifthey blow...you have other electrical
problems hiding in the wings.
Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
OBie - '73 BGT - daily driver
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Dickinson <amdickin@ucalgary.ca>
To: Irv Korey <emanteno@attglobal.net>
Cc: RBMUSNRET@AOL.COM <RBMUSNRET@AOL.COM>; triumphs@autox.team.net
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2000 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: Electrical Fluctuations in 75 TR6
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>
>
>So what is the diference. Are the Lucas ones fast blow?
>
>Irv Korey wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RBMUSNRET@aol.com <RBMUSNRET@aol.com>
>>
>> >Just got back in from a short evening drive right at sundown. An
unusual
>> >thing occurred. I noticed that my headlights suddenly seemed brighter,
my
>> >instrument lights were brighter, my voltmeter was reading past 15 volts,
my
>> >gas gauge (which I don't trust anyway) was pegged wayyy past 4/4, and
the
>> >water temperature gauge was also pegged (hot).
>>
>> The gas gauge and the temp gauge acting up makes me suspect the voltage
>> stabilizer, which is mounted on the back of the speedo. I'm no electrical
>> whiz, but I know that those gaiges act weirdly when the stabilizer goes
out.
>>
>> >The only thing I've done of note to the electrical system since I
purchased
>> >the car 3 months ago is replace all the Lucas 35 amp fuses with 35 amp
>> fuses
>> >from Moss (make unknown)
>>
>> I will tell you from personal experience that unless those fuses are
rated
>> EXACTLY the same as the Lucas fuses, you want them out of your car as
soon
>> as possible. I had US made 35 amp fuses in my car last summer when a
short
>> developed in my electrical system. Instead of blowing a fuse, I ended up
>> with a melted wiring harness, which I have just finished replacing. Lucas
35
>> amp fuses and US 35 amp fuses are not the same (there have been several
>> informative posts on this list regarding this).
>>
>> Irv Korey
>> 74 TR6 CF22767U (with a 2000 wiring harness)
>> TR4A CT52499 VSCDA Group 2 #58
>> Highland Park, IL
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