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On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 14:25, Dave Hall wrote: > > I'd not noticed that difference before. That's how they were printed in the > Factory manual. Since the headlight beams use 8A fuses with 2.5 sq mm wires, > the other circuits don't look overloaded, but the emergency/flasher switch and > horn on the same fuse might be a bit prone to blow - the wiper motor may also > have a peak need, but I think even the 6V wipers used 8A fuses until a workshop > bulletin said to replace them with 16A (red) if they gave problems (that's the > only red one on the 6V system for the '64 models). The reason for the 16A fuse on the wipers, is the start up current when the wipers are frozen to the windshield in the winter, otherwise 8A works fine. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org