The spares live in the same fuse box, just above and below the 1st and 3rd.
When tracking down a short this weekend, I ran through my 17/35s, and used a
series of 20a to burn through until I isolated the problem (they're not
necessarly cheaper, but they are easier to find.) I don't seem to have
damaged anything else by doing this, and have since returned the proper
fuses home.
My uneducated guess is that the 17 refers to the standard working load, and
the 35 refers to the ability to take on a brief surge, as when turning a
larger drawing component on at first (such as a wiper motor or headlights).
Mike
72 spit (my first lbc!)
-----Original Message-----
From: HD883HUGGR@aol.com <HD883HUGGR@aol.com>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 1:48 AM
Subject: Spit fuses
>
>Hi Spitphiles. Just blew my first fuse (re-wiring the map light... don't
>really know what I grounded on, but the sparks were sure pretty). Hobbs is
a
>77 Spit 1500, so easily found the fuse box on the driver-side bulkhead.
>Bottom fuse had blown. Interestingly, it's a genuine Lucas fuse, and has a
>piece of paper in with the fried filament that says "17 amps continuous
LUCAS
>35A".
>The only fuse I had handy was a Buss SFE20. What fuse should I put in
there?
> Haynes manual says all 3 should be 35 amp.
>Also, Haynes says there should be 2 spares. I didn't see any. Where are
the
>spares stored? Thanks, Scott (& Hobbs- 77 Spitfire, daily driver)
>PS. Stop laughing, Bill M.!!
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