[FC] Fuse

[Ben's Bus]

All is well again. I dropped the heater fan switch housing and realized the 
blue wire had been pinched through its casing. A direct short.

Just a bit of electrical tape and a trip to the local hardware for new 
fuses. Thanks to all!

Ben


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Davis" <jld at wk.net>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Fuse


> The 61 shop manual calls for a AGC - 20 amp fuse in the heater blower 
> circuit.  Max current draw is when starting the fan motor so unless it is 
> dragging or needs new grease, a 20 amp fuse should be sufficient.  A stock 
> fan motor draws about 16 amps starting and 8/9 amps running, so I suspect 
> a 15 amp wouldn't last to long in the heater fan application.  The radio 
> draws only about 2.5 amps and a 4 amp fuse is recommended.  So if you are 
> running the radio and heater fan of the same circuit a 25 amps fuse might 
> be in order.  For inductive electrical circuits a "slow blow" fuse is 
> recommended.  While GM did not specify such a fuse, I would surely try a 
> "slow-blow" it the regular fuses continue to blow.
> Jim Davis
>
>
>
> At 06:13 PM 8/22/2007, Ben and Lynn Stiles wrote:
>>Hello-
>>
>>I have a problem with the fuse block that has the radio feed on the front 
>>and the heater blower feed on the back (1962 Greenbrier).
>>
>>I ran a 20 AMP fuse in it, that blew. I then ran a 15 AMP (all I had) and 
>>it also blew. This happened when I was turning the fan blower off, but the 
>>fuse crinkled a bit in the middle when I turned it on.
>>
>>Do I need a larger capacity fuse, or do I have a short? With just the 
>>radio on, the fuse is fine.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Ben
>
>
>
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