Re: Fuse wires ? Really ?

On Thu, 22 May 2025 17:49:26 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
wrote:

On Wed, 21 May 2025 21:08:57 -0500, Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> wrote:
>

 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 .
  I have been bitten by The Tractorbug . And it feels great . I gotta
get this one running well so I can do some much-needed and well-deserved
repairs/maintenance to Rusty , a 1982 JD 317 . He's been a great little
tractor , but he just doesn't have the (m)ass to get the needed traction
. This new tractor will be able to drag logs out of the woods that would
just laugh at Rusty spinnin' his wheels futilely .

>
I think that this may be what you have:
>
.<https://www.wiringdepot.com/store/c/101-Fusible-Link-Wire.aspx>
>
Joe

Not likely. They old Yanmars and sone eastern block stuff used single
strand fuse wires. You can still buy 2, 5, 10, and 15 amp fuse wire by
the roll from Supertek. https://www.shivsons.com/product/fuse-wire/
The UK used to run on replaceable wire fuses, at least in industry.
Down Under as well - and many of the  "colonies"  (Wylex was common, I
believe.)

 It used to be lead tin alloy but today a lot of it is plated copper.
It should be low resistance with a low melting point

There is a you tube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yywsC8dTp8
that explains it a bit.

Also see
https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/categories/industrial-controls-atex/fuses/fuse-wire

or
https://www.stokesap.com.au/Universal-Parts/Fuse-Wire/pl