

| Subject: | Re: Was: Engine.. Wiring... Heat. Now: Installed fuse B+ In Junction Box. |
| From: | Scott Daniel - Turbovans |
| Date: | Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:59:16 -0700 |
I see.. yes, that could be useful all right. my mistake. On 7/31/2012 6:31 PM, neil n wrote: > Actually no. I wasn't referring to that PCV heater fuse. My mistake. > > I originally thought to p-mail David about this, then changed my mind. > Should have included this quote from David Beierl: > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:11 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > >> ..... you might want to fuse the red B+ >> lead from the terminal post inside the wiring box that feeds the relay box. >> Doing that would have saved my harness when something happened to that wire >> on mine. I never determined precisely what happened, but it was clear that >> that particular wire got extremely hot (along with the wiring in the relay >> box and the relay box cover and the said B+ lead.). I've found 7.5A >> sufficient, perhaps even 5A. > I installed the new fuse as per this suggestion from David. > > > Neil. > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans > <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: >> On 7/31/2012 3:16 PM, neil n wrote: >> >> I guess the only downside is that if the fuse fails (poor quality, >> time, flux capacitor wave leakage), the van stops >> >> Hi.,..if I'm following you right .. >> the fuse for the PCV heater element blowing won't make the engine not run. >> It's totally a minor embellishemt.. >> not a lot of need for that heater thingey usualy. >> >> both ignition and fuel injection are very 'un'-fused in a waterboxer >> vanagon. >> > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >
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