Re: [Amc-list] Fusible Link wire gage size

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

My main peeve with them is that fact that I've seen way more than one of them burn thru, melt aware the insulation to the point it was a black crusty mess. Exposing the bare wires that remained.
   I much prefer the newer fuses that contain the blowout in a safer manner.

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Glen Hoag <hoag@xxxxxx>
> My understanding was that wire in the fusible link is smaller than 
> the wire on the circuit it is designed to protect, so the link fails 
> before the wire.  The Hypalon insulation is designed to contain the 
> melting wire in a failure, but I don't think there is anything 
> special about the copper in the wire.
> 
> This reference states that the conductor in the fusible link is 
> usually four wire sizes smaller than the circuit wire. 
> http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/hweb1.pdf
> 
> --Glen
> 

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