Re: Fuse wires ? Really ?

On 5/22/2025 12:43 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:

On 5/22/2025 4:46 AM, Snag wrote:

On 5/22/2025 5:38 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Snag"  wrote in message news:100m0vd$38gvr$1@dont-email.me...
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  While on a familiarization trip thru my downloaded owner/operator
manual for the antique Yanmar YM1500D tractor I just bought (mfd
1975-79) I saw a fuse box ... so I decided to go exploring ! And I found
that fuse box , and I popped  the cover off , and I found ... fuse wires
on screw terminals ! OK , it ain't exactly state of the art , but it
fills the need . I also found tucked in the cover a small plastic
package of what I assume to be fuse wires . What I don't know is what
the amperage rating of these wires is - I'm hoping one of you might have
an idea  . Eventually I will replace this fuse box with a unit that has
plug in fuses , but for right now I'm going to clean up the original and
see if I can get the lights/horn/turnsigs working ...
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   At least no previous owners have butchered the wiring ! I ordered a pair of cheap analog VOM's last night , all my cheap digital units have died . Sure wish we still had a Radio Shack ! The fuse connections need cleaning up but that's just one more little thing . I'm hoping that the cooling system was drained - they recommend straight water because it's a  thermal siphon , no pump - and isn't full of holes . A surprising amount of parts are still available but I don't really want to buy a 250 dollar radiator !

 I don't have an answer to your query.  It just reminded my when I worked for Arizona Telephone Company (since bought out by TDS Telecom) back in the 80s a supervisor of mine pointed out some antique equipment still in service that used 1 amp fuse wire.  He gave me a spool of the stuff out of his personal stash.  I doubt I still have it, but I don't ever remember throwing it away.
 That was a weird friendship.  Years later he worked for me, and I fired him for an egregious mistake with a panic alarm for a customer.  The customer was robbed and the panic alarm didn't work.  I had specifically asked him if he had tested it.  It turns out he tested the button and wires with a meter and then hooked it up to the panic input on the control incorrectly.  He never actually tested it.  The correct way to test most alarm devices is to active them with the system fully functional and make sure dispatch receives the signals... anyway, oddly enough we were still friends until he died living in an adult care home up in Oregon a few years later.
 Back on topic if I run across that spool of fuse wire I'll let you know, and you can tell me if you want it.  I never used it for anything.
 

   Thanks Bob , I think I'll be alright for now . I ordered a package of 15 amp fuse links last night . I'm trying to decide if I want to drop 50 bucks+ for an aftermarket unit that uses blade type fuses . The main electrical concerns for right now are the starter and the thermostart (it dribbles fuel oil on the heater element) unit . Once it runs and drives everything else is icing on the cake .
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