[DeTomaso] Just whe I thought it was safe to go back in the water...

[Al]

Mike,

 From what I remember, one can't parallel fuses to increase the amp 
rating; i.e., due to "skin" effect, you can't put 20 amps thru (2) 10 
amp fuses wired in parallel .
They are either the correct rating for the amp load, or they are not . 
S O Bill?
Don't ask me why deTomaso chose to wire that way.
Al
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MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 7/7/07 21 33 53, chrisvkimball at msn.com writes:
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>>However, why would both fuses be blown (which is what I found)?  Shouldn't
>>it only have blown the fuse to which the piggy-backed fans were connected? 
>>This makes me think maybe the other fuse was already blown and I didn't know
>>it, and that's why I had an overheating problem.
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>>>>Coould be, although presumably you would have *looked* before buying a 
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>third fan. :>)
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>If you look at the wiring diagrams, and/or inspect the back of the fusebox, I 
>believe that you will see that fuses 11 and 12 (where fan power comes from) 
>are actually connected together for some strange reason.   So, the two fuses 
>share the load between all the components which are on what you would think are 
>separate circuits.   (Bill Taylor, please confirm or deny).
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>Presuming this is indeed the case, then by dramatically overloading the 
>circuit, you could have blown both fuses at the same time.
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>Yes?   No?   Maybe?
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>Mike
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