<VV> Fuse Warning (non-Corvair)

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/16/2007 4:17:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time,  
burkhard at rochester.rr.com writes:

The root  of the problem in both cases turned out to be the use of a 
replacement 15A  blade fuse that did not properly blow at the rated 
15A.  The GM  engineers obtained the fuses the customers had used (in 
both cases made in  China and sold through Harbor Freight in a boxed 
assortment) and tested  them.  The 15A fuses they tested didn't "pop" 
until over 50A!   By this time, the fuse itself was a melted blob and 
the wires was really  hosed.



Interesting, Jim. 
And thanks for informing us but I respectfully dispute your contention that  
the root of that burned harness problem is the faulty fuses. Something other  
than the fuses HAD to cause these burned harnesses. Yes, the fuses should have 
 protected the harnesses when there was excessive current flowing in the  
harnesses, but the fuses were not the cause of the burning. They just failed to  
protect the harnesses from some other problem. There was something else that  
caused these harnesses to burn and that is the root of the problem in my  
opinion.
Regards,
Bob Helt



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