well, all the fuses in my spit have been 30amps since i bought
the car, and i've NEVER had a problem with any of my electrics.
not even a blown light bulb. the headlights are still lucas
units from when the car was new. and i just replaced all the
wiring in the car because the loom wrap was starting to
disintegrate and the wire was starting to crack in places. i've
never even noticed any of the wires getting hot from too much
current. also, the only time i ever blew a fuse was when i had
to replace the door switch and i forgot to disconnect the
battery. as soon as i pulled the switch thru the door, the wire
connector grounded on the body and instantly blew the fuse.
--- Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net> wrote:
>
> At 04:17 AM 6/3/99 -0700, nikolai jaremka wrote:
> >
> >
> >all your fuses should be 30amp
>
> WHOA! Nik! Do I see smoke waifting over East Aurora,
> NY????
>
>
> According to the circuit descriptions in the owners manual
> (part of the
> Bentley workshop manual) :
>
> "The _10_ amp fuse fed by a red/green cable from the master
> light switch
> protects the following circuits:
>
> Front parking lamp
> Front marker lamp
> Rear marker lamp
> Tail lamp
> Plate illumination lamp
> Instrument illumination"
>
> Anybody know if the 10 amp fuse is rated differently, like the
> 35 amp Lucas
> ones (which actually carry about 17 amps)?
>
>
> ++++++++++++++
>
> The headlight switch (master light switch in Triumph-speak) is
> notorious
> for falling apart internally. Jamie, if Judas' switch has no
> markings on
> it, it is original. (If it has symbols for park & main lamps
> then it has
> already been replaced.) If it has been replaced, pull the
> center dash
> section (sorry, the 'service panel') down and make sure
> everything is
> insulated.
>
> Another potential trouble spot might be under the (LHD)
> driver's floormat.
> The wires go right in the middle of the floor...
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Atwell Haines
> '79 Spitfire
>
> "If you let the smoke escape, it won't work anymore."
>
>
> >
> >
> >--- Metallian6@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> In a message dated 6/2/99 11:37:14 PM Eastern Daylight
> Time,
> >> Metallian6@aol.com writes:
> >>
> >> << Judas keeps blowing his fuse for all his rear lights and
> >> dash lights. What
> >> could be wrong here? This can be a very dangerous
> situation
> >> at night and
> >> would like to get this fixed as soon as possible. Thanks
> in
> >> advance. >>
> >>
> >> Oh yeah I forgot to add that I am using a 15 amp fuse for
> the
> >> tail and dash
> >> lights. Is this the right amp fuse to use? If not what is
> the
> >> correct rating?
> >>
> >> Jamie
> >> 1962 AH Sprite (Nightcrawler)
> >> 1979 Spitfire 1500 (Judas)
> >> 1979 Trans Am 403 (Demonic Angel)
> >>
> >
> >===
> >nikolai jaremka
> >72 spitfire mkIV
> >east aurora, new york
> >
> >
> >
>
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