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Re: [Spridgets] Fusible Link

To: Paul Van Wig <pvanwig@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fusible Link
From: "Bill L. via Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:19:52 -0700
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
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Hello Paul,


There's something about the ratings of those old British fuses that's odd. They 
are IIRC slow blow so not rated as we would normally think them. 

I know BugEyeGuy sells a dummy regulator )for use with a GENERNATOR with a 50A 
fuse link. I have one. .. On the other hand fuses are to protect the wires, not 
the devices that utilize the power. So what is the size (and thus the amperage 
rating of the wiring? I think that largest other than the starter is 14, (15A  
capacity in house wiring) but even if it's 12 that's still only 20A. .. On the 
other hand the starter is wired with #4. That's 100A house wiring and a typical 
starter in an MGB (from my quick research) is over 250A.

All that taken into account, I think BugEyeGuy has it correct and the 50A fuse 
link has never cause me any problem.

(here's where I mention that I put my STEBEL horn on it's own fuse as it draws 
18A.   125db IIRC.  




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 Bill                            mailto:Zormecteon@comcast.net


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