30 amp is probably too high if all it is protecting is the motor, that
rating is used in the main fuse block to protect multiple circuits. The
fuse won't protect the motor (unless you charge your batteries direct off
the mains) but it will protect the wiring, switch etc upstream if you get a
short downstream of the fuse. You must have a duff fuse or a holder with
bad connections (I am assuming you didn't literally mean that you pulled the
fuse but left the holder in circuit and the motor ran).
PaulH.
BTW. Does an 'inlune' fuse protect the light of the moon?
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Shultz <karl.shultz@ibm.net>
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 02 January 1999 19:22
Subject: Lucas not all that bad
>Also managed to run a new wire to the heater motor (thank God...it's
>cold outside!!) and it works fine. But I'd like to put an inline fuse
>somewhere in there so if it freaks out, it won't blow up the switch or
>the motor. I bought a 30-amp blow rated inlune fuse, put it in the
>wire, and it no longer worked. Pulled the fuse out and it worked just
>fine.
>
>Is this something worth hassling with, and if so, any suggestions here?
>
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