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Arightpest:
Can you help me out?

What’s the difference between a slow blow fuse and a normal one? I thought you had to have a fuse suitably rated so that the device it was safe guarding had a problem it would pop it fast enough to protect the said device. And if you can find fusible links cheaper can you please let me know so I can replace mine and my friends to the proper speck?

Arightpest

TUFFTEE:
Hi Guys
           When i got the workshop manager on his own explaining to me what the problem was,
he said that it was land rovers way of getting around the regulations without fitting a fuse box! i said to him that i would most likly fit in-line fuses! and he said that- that would probely be  better than the original land rover bodge in the first place as long as i keep a spare fuse handy!
the whole idea is to stop the engine compartment catching fire! i personally think that fuses are more than capable of doing that!
Anyway Merry Xmas All.
                                        Nev.....

Wanderer:
Basically a fusible link is designed to go (melt) when things go wrong. It needs to take surges much higher than normal fuse will tolerate. A normal fuse will blow in a split second and under normal use you may find yourself having to replace a normal fuse more often that you'd like. Very inconvenient.

A slow blow fuse will mean you will have less need to change the fuse.

There's a lot more to fuses than just a bit of wire.

Fuses are there to protect the wiring.

Ed

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