[Duvall]

Post up a pic of the fuse center that you have. If you decide to sell I will probably buy it from you.

You can still leave the fusible links on the wire and connect them to a fuse if it makes you feel better.

My electric fan controller is made for two fans, it has two 30 amp fuses. Not a fusible link in sight.

I agree with Faststang, I don't think they are used on cars anymore. Just need to be careful on your fuse selection.

Here is some info on fusible links.

Catalog

[ryanw]

Originally Posted by FastStang91Lx Color me dumb, but don't fusible links have an amp rating too? Can't you just use appropriate fuses in their place? Not sure how many different selections that blade fuses offer, but I know that the cylinder style fuses have many options. And as mentioned previously, the fuse is to protect the wire from melting. In your house, your blender may only draw a couple amps, but you plug it into a 20A kitchen circuit. It's overprotection is inteded to protect the 12 gauge wire, and not the blender. Now that being said, Higher amp motors use a more specific way of overprotection AFTER the fuse/breaker. I think too many people are thinking about this too much... Fuses are a better way to go, that why they don't use links anymore. I'd do it.

Hmm, now your making re think the re thinking..... Lol

Ya I don't really understand the whole slow burning fuse link thing that tmos was talking about. Why is that a good thing ? I'd think that if there's a problem with your electrical system that you would want some thing like a fuse to pop right a away. I just figure the reason why ford put fuse links at the solenoid was because they were to cheap to use a fuse box and wanted a higher profit margin.

I mean you have to figure that if a car company made our cars bullet proof and every way possible it would have added 10,000 on to the sticker price. There for our mustangs would have been out of most peoples price range back in the 1980s and 1990s

[tmoss]

Originally Posted by ryanw Ya I don't really understand the whole slow burning fuse link thing that tmos was talking about. Why is that a good thing ? I'd think that if there's a problem with your electrical system that you would want some thing like a fuse to pop right a away. I just figure the reason why ford put fuse links at the solenoid was because they were to cheap to use a fuse box and wanted a higher profit margin.

that's right, you don't understand - so maybe investigate what a slow blow fuse is and why you want it over a fast blow. Below is a quote from the fuse link info

"NOTES about Fusible Links Only a serious short will cause a Fusible Link to burn–it disconnects a circuit from power just before the rest of the wiring in a circuit would be damaged. Momentary overloads will not burn out a Fusible Link–such as arcing a wrench between ground and an exposed terminal."

I'm out...........

[ryanw]

Originally Posted by tmoss that's right, you don't understand - so maybe investigate what a slow blow fuse is and why you want it over a fast blow. Below is a quote from the fuse link info "NOTES about Fusible Links Only a serious short will cause a Fusible Link to burn–it disconnects a circuit from power just before the rest of the wiring in a circuit would be damaged. Momentary overloads will not burn out a Fusible Link–such as arcing a wrench between ground and an exposed terminal." I'm out...........

Did I say some thing that pissed you off ?

All I said is that I don't understand what difference it makes to our electrical system if it's on a slow burning fuse link or a fuse that pops sooner, either way the electrical device and wire are protected.

I read the link and the description you just posted. And get the fact that a fues link won't pop if I ground a wrench from power to ground where a fuse would pop. But again what diffence does that make cuz it takes two seconds to change a fuse.

What I would like to know from you is how a fuse ( as long as it's not rated for more then the wire or device) is a worse choice then a fuse link ?

I wanted to be fully educated it this matter so that I can make an inform choice. That's why I pm you in the first place. I respect the fact that you know more about my cars electrical system then I do. And the fact that I gave you positive rep shows that.....
Thanks

I'm out .........

[tmoss]

not pissed off.... just added all I can.

[FastStang91Lx]

The whole premis behind the slow blow links is that they would allow your car to see temporary overloads, as in start up of heavy duty motors as example. If the motor's bearing were starting to fail, the ampacity would rise due to the added resistance of spinning it. Then it would hover around the high amp mark long enough to blow the fusible link. The reality is, a fuse does the same thing. That's why they have amp ratings on them. Big deal if you arc something and it blows a fuse right away, but the link would have not. Easier to replace the fuse. I'd rather have something blow if the ampacity was exceeded briefly. Fusible links don't come in any more specific amp amounts than fuses do. Fuck fusible links!

[ryanw]

ha ha thats what i say....nice, im glad some one took the time to go into detail about it...thats all i needed to know.

Im not the type of guy that you can say " dont do it cuz its bad" and just leave it at that. i want details on why its bad and if i went ahead and did it any ways ,would could consequences be.


like you stated earlier scott i dont think they really use fuse links any more in the newer cars, there all protected by circiut breakers, fuses and relays. I mean if a car company is going to use fuse links, the least they can do is make them a plug and play design...not this whole cut your harness and solider in a new one " bull shit"

I still stand by my previous statement of ford using them to cut cost. fuse boxes and circuit breakes, and relays cost much more then fuse links. I bet when they designed are cars that some engineer was like ...lets use a fuse box ,circuit breaker and relays to protect the electrical system and some big wig in marketeing was like that will drive the price up to high, so find away to make these cars cheaper, then the engineer was..Oh i know lets use fuse links it will cost us 3 cents a piece...lol

I found a web site the other day that sell like 25 feet of fues link wire for under 10 bucks, that just shows you the money saving to the car companys


any ways thanks Scott