The 100 amp fuse

[Pied Piper]

Popped over to Dan Taylors yesterday for a 125 amp fuse as reading other peoples posts thought it would be good to keep a spare.

Dan been the amiable man he his said he would show me where to find it.

As we dug down into the depths and burnt our hands we discovered that the wires had been connected across 1 terminal. I know people use this as a temporary fix to get them home but the consequences of leaving like this make me shudder.

So if you've never checked please do now.

[Robscim]

Some specialists say this is the way to wire them and to avoid using a fuse.

I still have a fuse but am undecided!!

Cheers

Rob

[Pied Piper]

Robscim said:

Some specialists say this is the way to wire them and to avoid using a fuse.

I still have a fuse but am undecided!!

Cheers

Rob

My understanding it is the main fuse and if the alternator over charges then you have no protection including the possibility of fire.

[Allandwf]

Pied Piper said:

Robscim said:

Some specialists say this is the way to wire them and to avoid using a fuse.

I still have a fuse but am undecided!!

Cheers

Rob

My understanding it is the main fuse and if the alternator over charges then you have no protection including the possibility of fire.

I have read loads of threads on this, personally I cant see how 125A is an "upgrade" if the circuit has a 100A as standard, after all you wouldn't put a 13A fuse into a 5A fused circuit in the house , would you ?
As for removing it all together, it seems debatable if it is needed, and removing it takes out a main point of problems/gremlins that affect our cars.
Down to individuals choice.
Wonder if the insurance Co's would latch on to this if there was a problem, have any actually been known to have had a problem caused by this circuit overloading?

[jammy_basturd]

Fair enough it can be quite a troublesome part, but it's not exactly a hard thing to get to and change, and if its changed every service (like the oil pressure releif spring) they you should never have any trouble from it anyway.

[jonbarrett]

I renewed the holder and replaced the cracked original with a mechanically stronger overmoulded fuse. Charges and starts better than ever. A shorted car battery can be a frightening beast to behold. The more fuses the better for me.