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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / January 2008Glass fuses for old LRs?
So where are you guys getting your glass fuses from for your old LRs? They seem to be 30mm maybe a little smaller but some I bought at Halfrauds are too long and they don't do the range anyway. I need the normal 2.5, 8, 10, 12 &17 amp continuous (which you double for the fuse rating).  SignatureRegards Bob Hobden Bob Hobden <bobh@invalid.com> uttered summat worrerz funny about: > So where are you guys getting your glass fuses from for your old LRs? > They seem to be 30mm maybe a little smaller but some I bought at > Halfrauds are too long and they don't do the range anyway. > I need the normal 2.5, 8, 10, 12 &17 amp continuous (which you double > for the fuse rating). http://wwww.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/fuse-2/fuse-2.html :-) Lee D > Bob Hobden uttered summat worrerz funny about: >> So where are you guys getting your glass fuses from for your old LRs? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > :-) Bugger! I have just found their catalogue in with the Key Power Cut-off Switch I ordered from them the other day after a previous thread. I could spend a fortune, so many tasty bits and pieces, horns, lights, dials....... SignatureRegards Bob Hobden > So where are you guys getting your glass fuses from for your old LRs? > They seem to be 30mm maybe a little smaller but some I bought at > Halfrauds are too long and they don't do the range anyway. I need the > normal 2.5, 8, 10, 12 &17 amp continuous (which you double for the fuse > rating). http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/fuses/fuses.php Ask for their free cat. If you're into vehicle electrics it will keep you busy for a fair time. ;-) Signature*Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.* Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. Dave Plowman (News) typed: >> So where are you guys getting your glass fuses from for your old LRs? >> They seem to be 30mm maybe a little smaller but some I bought at [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Ask for their free cat. If you're into vehicle electrics it will keep > you busy for a fair time. ;-) What? Playing with all the different coloured wires like a ball of wool? SignatureRich B Take out the obvious to email me. A life? Cool - where can I download one of those? Also http://www.holden.co.uk/default.asp > So where are you guys getting your glass fuses from for your old LRs? > They seem to be 30mm maybe a little smaller but some I bought at Halfrauds > are too long and they don't do the range anyway. > I need the normal 2.5, 8, 10, 12 &17 amp continuous (which you double for > the fuse rating). > Also > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> I need the normal 2.5, 8, 10, 12 &17 amp continuous (which you double for >> the fuse rating). Doesn't say the length of the fuses and that's important, it's one of the problems I've encountered with some fuses being too long which prompted me to ask the original question. A lot of the fuses out there do not fit the fuse box. SignatureRegards Bob Hobden >> Also >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > to ask the original question. A lot of the fuses out there do not fit the > fuse box. Carl H >So where are you guys getting your glass fuses from for your old LRs? >They seem to be 30mm maybe a little smaller but some I bought at Halfrauds >are too long and they don't do the range anyway. >I need the normal 2.5, 8, 10, 12 &17 amp continuous (which you double for >the fuse rating). 1"1/4, or 32mm Glass fuses. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=461&doy=23m1 Alex "Alex" wrote after "Bob Hobden" asked >>So where are you guys getting your glass fuses from for your old LRs? >>They seem to be 30mm maybe a little smaller but some I bought at Halfrauds [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=461&doy=23m1 Do they fit the fuse box of a 1987 90? I thought they were 30mm long fuses at max. SignatureRegards Bob Hobden > "Alex" wrote after > "Bob Hobden" asked [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Regards > Bob Hobden As you have already discovered, they do not quite fit, I had the same problem for my 110, had some delivered from Beamends, whose supplier assured us they would fit but didn't, Richard of course put it right straight away, so you could try him, as he knows the issues. I've lost all my emails so can't check out the size I eventually got. Andrew >> So where are you guys getting your glass fuses from for your old LRs? >> They seem to be 30mm maybe a little smaller but some I bought at Halfrauds [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Alex It's not too hard to repair glass fuses, if you can solder - just unsolder the ends, pass new fuse wire through, re-solder. No fuse wire in stock? Strip some spare stranded wire, comes in various thicknesses. SignatureKaren If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.' Catherine Aird > It's not too hard to repair glass fuses, if you can solder - just > unsolder the ends, pass new fuse wire through, re-solder. No fuse wire > in stock? Strip some spare stranded wire, comes in various thicknesses. I owned an old Bentley once with re-wirable fuses. A card of fuse wire and a screwdriver included in the fusebox. But replacing fuses shouldn't be an everyday occurrence. Signature*Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to? Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. > It's not too hard to repair glass fuses, if you can solder - just > unsolder the ends, pass new fuse wire through, re-solder. Yep. > No fuse wire in stock? Strip some spare stranded wire, comes in various > thicknesses. OK as a quick fix but fuse wire is not the same as copper wire from flex. I'm pretty sure fuse wire is a copper alloy, though google fails to quickly find anything definitive. Mainly to bring the 1084C melting point of copper down to something a bit more manageable. SignatureCheers new5pam@howhill.com Dave. pam is missing e-mail > OK as a quick fix but fuse wire is not the same as copper wire from flex. > I'm pretty sure fuse wire is a copper alloy, Tin/Lead, Tin/Silver normally, sometimes a copper alloy. >> I'm pretty sure fuse wire is a copper alloy, > > Tin/Lead, Tin/Silver normally, sometimes a copper alloy. The fuse wire I have handy is copper coloured inside, there were some references on google to tin/lead (60/40 but that is "solder"...) and other tin alloys with silver and aluminium being mentioned. SignatureCheers new5pam@howhill.com Dave. pam is missing e-mail > OK as a quick fix but fuse wire is not the same as copper wire from > flex. I'm pretty sure fuse wire is a copper alloy, though google fails > to quickly find anything definitive. Mainly to bring the 1084C melting > point of copper down to something a bit more manageable. Might be the case but if you look at a slowmo of a fuse blowing it gets white hot before doing so. Signature*How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink? * Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. > Might be the case but if you look at a slowmo of a fuse blowing it gets > white hot before doing so. Sounds like serious overload rather than a more moderate one. OK wire fuses are pretty crap at moderate overloads but they still will fail given time. SignatureCheers new5pam@howhill.com Dave. pam is missing e-mail >> Might be the case but if you look at a slowmo of a fuse blowing it gets >> white hot before doing so. > >Sounds like serious overload rather than a more moderate one. OK wire >fuses are pretty crap at moderate overloads but they still will fail given >time. Often standard fuse wire is just small gauge iron wire which is why it can glow before failing (and why it rusts if left in a damp place!!!) and also why it's a pain to solder without corrosive flux. Tin/lead etc alloys melt without much visible light at far lower temperatures and tend to be far too soft for unsupported use. Nichrome has the physical properties to work but electrically has too much resistance to be practically useful ... except in your toaster! SignatureAndyG |
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