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Subject:Re: 91 15A fuse Radio and clock
From:Michael Sullivan
Date:Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:24:11 -0600

THAT is it...I'm pretty sure.  The light was popped out the other day and I
pushed it in.  Hadn't happened in awhile, but timeline is about right.
Thanks, Larry. and others.

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'