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On 27 Jun 2003 at 23:35, Dave Hall wrote: > > Interesting, I would have thought that a 6V car would have had MORE 16A fuses > > rather than fewer. > I suppose with a maximum of 45 Amps being generated, you can't afford too > many things needing 16Amps! Sounds reasonable, but compare with a 12V car rated at 30A. How do we manage to rate several 16A fuses? I guess it's implicit in here that you should not expect to use the max current from all of these for extended periods at the same time. FWIW, whenever I've measured the current drawn by any of my normal loads I get numbers that are well below the fuse ratings. The FI fuel pump, for example, gets a 16A fuse, but almost never draws more than 4A. Russ's example of a windshield wiper frozen to the windshield is just about the only example I can think of where you could have a large current without a short in the system somewhere. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org