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Subject:Re: 91 15A fuse Radio and clock
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:12:05 -0600

On my '91 the map light near the glove box used to cause that problem.
 It didn't fit into the dash securely and the bare connecting terminal
would sometimes touch the metal of the dash.

Larry A.

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
<camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> The general answer would be: anything that causes more current to go
> through that circuit than fuse was rated for. A frayed wire, a faulty
> load (radio, clock, whatever that fuse branch powers).
>
> <Having dispensed this simplistic answer, he strolls back inside,
> whistling.>
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
>
> On 3/7/2009 2:49 PM Michael Sullivan wrote:
>>
>> Hello, All. �What would make the fuse blow? �It blew a few months ago and
>> replaced and all well, but blew again today. Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Michael in San Antonio
>> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
>>
>>
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