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Painless by Misred
Started on: 11-08-2004 09:06 AM
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Last post by: theogre on 11-08-2004 04:42 PM
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Report this Post11-08-2004 09:06 AM Click Here to See the Profile for MisredSend a Private Message to MisredDirect Link to This Post
Painless has those 50 amp fuse systems... A good idea to replace our fusible links?
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Report this Post11-08-2004 09:54 AM Click Here to See the Profile for dguySend a Private Message to dguyDirect Link to This Post
Personally I wouldn't. You might want to check out the Wire Service article in The Ogre's Cave--it has a section which talks about fuseable links & why they're used in some circuits.

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Report this Post11-08-2004 10:14 AM Click Here to See the Profile for ElectrathonClick Here to visit Electrathon's HomePageSend a Private Message to ElectrathonDirect Link to This Post
Fuse links are way more dependable than fuses. 50 amps is also far under rated for most of the circuits on the car.

Bad idea.

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Report this Post11-08-2004 04:42 PM Click Here to See the Profile for theogreClick Here to visit theogre's HomePageSend a Private Message to theogreDirect Link to This Post
50 amps would likely be too big for some things and definitely not big enough for others. The alternator link/fuse is typically rated 100 amps or more depending on the alternator and vehicle options.

Since this keeps coming up, I added some more notes to the wire service article in my cave.

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