[DeTomaso] How do you keep fuses clean?

[Richard Barkley]

Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it....

OK, here is my post of a May 21st, 2006 about my success using OX-Guard 
which was a follow up to a post I made in 2002. I haven't had the 
problem of it collecting dirt that Boyd mentioned with the products he's 
tried.

> As I mentioned a few years ago (quote below) in a discussion about 
> BUSS GBC Fuses, I've been using a product "Ox-Gard"( by GB Electrical)
> I got at Home Depot (it's available at most HW stores). It costs $5 
> or less for the 1 oz size. To use it effectively, you have to clean 
> your contacts of oxidation (and the fuse ends too). I used scotch guard 
> but fine steel wool or sand paper might also work well.
> 
> I just went down to check how the resistance was doing. Four years 
> ago (when I posted) may have been the last time I checked. Anyway, 
> all of the fuses registered less than a fraction of an ohm (most seemed 
> to be right about 0.0) on my digital vom. One (#8) was a little goofy 
> at first until I discovered it was the one for the door lights. As 
> soon as I pressed in the door switch, it registered zero.
> 
>> I've also been
>> coating the contacts with OX-GARD (from Home Depot in the wire
>> department) which is "Anti-Odidant compound for wire connections and
>> aluminum conduit joints." It is a grease like substance that is much
>> less messy than the "KOPR Shield" that has been suggested before.
> http://ftl.realbig.com/pipermail/detomaso/2002-February/007746.html
> 
> http://www.olypen.com/craigh/oxgard.htm (some comments on auto use and how it must be used sparingly as it is conductive)
> 
> Richard
> 

Also,
Jack's suggested GBC type fuses will help. But I had problems finding
them in all the sizes needed. And, at least the ones I got were just a
little shorter than the standard ones which meant I had to bend the
contacts just a bit. This may be moot in light of some of the post 
saying they are very difficult to find now, in 2002 it wasn't that hard.

Richard

Charles McCall wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I had some weird electrical stuff going on last week. My turn signals
> stopped working. The bulbs and fuses were good (my alarm flashes the turn
> signals, and they worked then). 
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> Thanks!
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> Charles McCall
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