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Dittttner - the fuse is in the light circuit or in the feed to it? I think you have this fucked up, and the fuse is in line with the relay. Now I don't know anything about Japanese cars, since, being an American, I have a Dodge, a Ford, and a Chevy, but then you had an Aquazepp up until you bought an American scooter, and and American light, and neither one of these has any of this silliness.- G On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Dittner@ao*.co* wrote: >In a message dated 96-10-15 19:50:05 EDT, gmiiii@in*.co* writes: > ><< > I work for an auto company, and I can tell you that we don't put a fuse > in line with the headlights. It is a federal requirement, I believe, > that forbids a fuse in that particular circuit. It is considered to > critical (the headlights) to chance nuisance fuse blowing. There is a > piece of wire called a "fusable link" that will burn open before battery > damage is done and before a fire can start. I would say that a cave > diver's light is MORE critical than an auto's headlights. > ----- > Dave, could you please send this the rocket scientists at dive rite? I > realize they say they know everything about cave diving, despite hard >evidence > to the contrary, but maybe they will listen to you. Square , fused lights, >what > a concept! > >> > >Dave > I don't know what rinky dink auto company you work for, but the one I work >for has fuses in the headlight circuit, always has, and always will. The >reason most cars have a fuse in any circuit is to prevent something from >shorting out, building up heat in the wires and <surprise> catching fire!!! >For what its worth a fusible link is just what it says, a "fuse", get it? If >the circuit has too little resistence (ie a short) than the fuse or fusible >link heats up first and melts to prevent the electical system from having an >experience on the order of the china syndrome. > > I am in no way endorsing having a fuse in a cave light, >quite to the contrary. I support the KISS principle on light systems. The >fuse is one more faliure point that none of us need. Besides if your light >catches on fire it won't burn for very long <G>. The light is a very simple >cicuit, in fact it is just about the most basic DC circuit around if you >remove the switch. Battery wire load wire battery. There is no need for a >fuse in this design for this application, if there were there would be fuses >in flash lights. Have you ever seen a flash light with a fuse? > > Also I have never heard of any goverment regulation on where not to put >fuses on cars, I was under the impression that some EE was paid alot of money >to design safe electrical systems for the cars. Not some know nothing >goverment bureaucrat. > > >Steven M Dittner > > > > > > George M. Irvine III DIR WKPP 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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