It's probably a spare kept in a "convenient location".

On 23-Jun-10, at 3:18 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:01:43 -0700
> From:    "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Unused Fuse #14
>
> Mike S wrote:
>> At 11:15 AM 6/23/2010, Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" wrote...
>>> Fuses #1 through #13 are shown in Bentley's. #14 is not shown,
>>> near as I
>>> can see. The van's owner's manual says that #13 does the rear window
>>> heater and #14 the rear window wiper (where applicable).
>>>
>>> My van does not have a wiper. Yet there is a fuse in this position.
>>
>> Remove it. Eventually, you'll find something which no longer works.
>
> LOL. This is, of course, the practical solution. I could pull it
> and see
> if there's a voltage drop across the open contacts, indicating a load
> someplace.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
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>