40amp fuse

[themac]

Where can i purchase a 40amp fuse.
Replaced the existing blown fuse with one supplied by the previous owner of my Griff.

Thanks

Vince

[LordGrover]

Should be pretty much anywhere, e.g. halfrauds. It's the 100A which is a bit more tricky.

[TVR Beaver]

not too sure about that... Halfuds dont have them.. and I went around a few places before going to a propper auto electricans... this was the only guy I could find that had any... but I'm sure you'll get them on line...

Question is.. why did the 40 Amp fues go in the first place ?

[David Beer]

You must have the single fuse and relay for the fans? They do occasionally pop on turn on, that's why it went to two fuse relay set up. Of course I could be completely off topic !

[Quietlybonkers]

themac said:

Where can i purchase a 40amp fuse.
Replaced the existing blown fuse with one supplied by the previous owner of my Griff.

Thanks

Vince

I found midi fuses on Ebay to replace the 100 amp one when it went. Try doing an EBay search

[Simon says]

I think the OPer is after this type http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-40-AMP-STANDARD-BLA... be careful what you purchase with fuses nowadays there are some real flimsy crap quality ones available now hard to tell from that pic but these look like OE/style quality blade fuses in a 40 amp rating are rather unusual i.e not that common due to the size of the terminals being marginal for that kind of amperage IMO

Edited by Simon says on Wednesday 29th August 10:12

[themac]

Thanks for the info!
I had an issue with over heating on a drive out (water pouring out of the swirl pot) nightmare.
Managed to refill with water and get home.
Refilled water levels correctly and started engine to see if fans would come at temperature, but nothing.
Checked the fuses and hey presto the 40 amp fuse was blown.
Once replaced no further problems.
We have had a lot of power cuts recently (I live in the sticks) and the car is hooked up to a acumate trickle charger.
I think this may have caused the fuse to blow
I also have an additional heat/fan regulator fitted to start each fan independently one at 80 degrees then the other at 90 degrees!
if anyone has any other ideas why the fuse may have blown please let me know.

once again thank you for the help

Vince

[ruaricoles]

I can't see how a trickle charger could cause such an issue to be honest.

I had a non-starting Griff last year for a while which I eventually traced to a dodgy connection in the fuse box which had partially melted around one of the ECU fuses so worth checking for that sort of thing.

If you've got staged fans then a single fuse shouldn't blow when the fans start up either (unless you switched the engine on when it was already hot enough for both fans to come on together??).

I'd carry a spare 40A fuse in the car in case it goes again, and if it does consider perhaps an in-line smaller fuse to each fan so you can tell if one of them is causing the fault?

[FlipFlopGriff]

Check the connectors at the fan end as they aren't in the greatest place, ie right where the bonnet dips so in the line of water escape. Covered mine with some bicycle inner tube and taped up ends.
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