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

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

You can parallel fuses although the slightest difference in resistance in the wiring, fuse holder etc will offset the current one way or the other leading to a lower rating than in this case 2x10 A. The skin effect is an AC phenomenon and will not affect these fuses in a DC situation.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al" <chelini at cox.net>
To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Cc: <teampantera at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>; <SOBill at aol.com>
Sent: den 10 juli 2007 17:59
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Just whe I thought it was safe to go back inthe water...


> 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
> ===========
> 
> MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> 
> >In a message dated 7/7/07 21 33 53, chrisvkimball at msn.com writes:
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >>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.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >  
> >
> >>>>Coould be, although presumably you would have *looked* before buying a 
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >third fan. :>)
> >
> >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).
> >
> >Presuming this is indeed the case, then by dramatically overloading the 
> >circuit, you could have blown both fuses at the same time.
> >
> >Yes?   No?   Maybe?
> >
> >Mike
> >
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