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Fuse links

Reply #15
Jay i hear you. But in reality i only had maybe 2-3 fuse links that blew in my entire career from no causes. The rest of them had hard shorts. I did a current loaded test on fuse links and a 16G link can handle some heavy current loads. Case in point just look at an 60 Amp maxi fuse and see how actually thin the fusing portion is. not very much. Also count the links on lets say a TURBO COUPE. Their are 9 i think to power up the entire car. Now the stock alt is around 65 Amps on a coupe. And they work. Even the loads of the back light defroster runs through the links. Basically they have a very high current capacity. Also as you point out they are spot welded of sorts and once again this is because TRUE LINK wire can't be soldered. I have tried many times. I do not use crimp connectors on anything. They suck. Today i am going to the shop and do some messing around with links. Thanks and have a good Sunday Jay always a pleasure hashing things out with you. I really enjoy swapping ideas with you even wh we are on different wave lengths Thanks Tom
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Reply #16
"other than the connection method, i really don't see what you disagree with on my comments.
sure i agree on fuses, you quoted me, but i feel the engineering "as- engineered" could be better so thats why we figure things out and make it so."

Exactly! When an issue is brought to light and everyone is looking for a solution to that problem, you will almost always have idea's spanning from one end of the spectrum to the other. That's why I enjoy this forum, the people here have a vast amount of knowledge and experience ranging from one end to the other. We truly do have some great minds here that I believe have and will always come up with better ideas.

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Reply #17
Ok i get it now here is my final post to you 86

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Reply #18
So dramatic. I'm sure I'll be seeing your post a lot.

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Reply #19
Quote from: TOM Renzo;403740
Jay always a pleasure hashing things out with you. I really enjoy swapping ideas with you even wh we are on different wave lengths Thanks Tom

not really,  i have a handful of examples that span over several years and including anything i run into on this board.
the same probably comes and goes in a month for you.

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Reply #20
the only time I have had to replace fuseable links, is when the battery was swapped backwards. Where they are all easily swapped, I really don't see an issue with them, as is.
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Reply #21
Stacks how true!!! That is a fact. Years back i hired a trade school kid from his senior year. You know he worked for me like 4 hours a day instead of shop in school. Well we had a range rover you know the ones that they use in AFRICA the big ones with the ladder that goes to the roof. Their are from what i understand only a hand full in this country. I told the kid to bring it in to the shop. Well after a half hour i saw the kid in a cold sweat. He explained to me the battery was dead and he jumped it with the jumper box. Well BACKWARDS. HOLY  Nothing in the car worked. So this car had maxi fuses and none were BLOWN. I back fed the fuses and NOTHING.They were all good but nothing came on with the ignition. You could not even crank it. So their was a fuse panel  under the radio and all the fuses were DEAD. Make a long story short he burnt out the IGNITION SWITCH. HOLY  none available in the US and the dealer told me i had to actually cut the dash braces out then the steering column had to be hacked up to fix it. DOG DOOTS!!!!!  I WAS OUT OF MY MIND!!! So i had JR remove the dash he actually had to cut the braces out. I managed to remove the switch part of the ignition switch and took it apart. I repaired the burnt contacts with an oil burner controller. I took the contacts and made them fit the switch. They were thinner so i slaved out the switch cranking circuits and aux and accessory contacts. After 2 weeks of modifying the thing and JR fabricating a removable dash frame the thing ran perfectly. What a NIGHT MARE. You bet STACKS reversed battery's are the pits and devastating to say the lease. I did not fire the kid . I have dun some dumb things in my life so i asked God to give me patience. And he did. I made the kid clean the shop for a week. He did it without a complaint. Yes reversed battery's SUCK BIG TIME

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HAVE YOU DRIVEN A FORD LATELY!!