| Re: [GMCnet] Is the main fuseable link wire made up of standard wire? ( It protects from overlosd fires ) [message #339961 is a reply to message #339960] |
Sun, 06 January 2019 19:24   |
James Hupy
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Really unusual but, the insulation gets so hot that it melts the insulation
from the normal other conductors in the loom. Fixed several of these, it is
no walk in the park. You don't want ANY WIRES that hot, any time if it can
be avoided. Only bad stuff happens when you burn a fusible link.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403
On Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 5:09 PM Matt Colie BobDunahugh wrote on Sun, 06 January 2019 19:00[/color]
>> But it burns. ( GRIN.) Sure was a SHOCK when ours burned. I know that
> the insulation is different in someway. So is the wire material different
>> then standard copper wire? For those that don't know what/were it is.
> From what I think I know. ALL 12 volt power for the vehicle. All lights
>> including head lights ,starter solenoid, ( heater blower motor except
> high, A/C compressor, radio, and your ride height compressors. NOTE. Not
>> the house 12 volt system. } Has to be delivered from the battery by way
> of this 16 gauge wire. A fusible link. In this system. Is to be two wire
>> gauge sizes smaller then the largest wire in the system. As 10 gauge
> wire is our largest. Battery cables aren't included here. The link is
> about 6
>> inches long. And goes from the main 12 volt terminal. To a large
> terminal on the bottom of the horn relay. So. Is that wire just copper?
>> Bob Dunahugh
>> 78 Royale
>
> Bob,
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> The copper of the wire is standard, but the insulation is not. It is
> special high temperature stuff so the copper can get melted out and not
> start a
> fire. That is after all, the idea.
>
> I have though about replacing it with one of the Gonzo Mama fuses that
> they sell for car audio, but I don't have a good number for what the maximum
> load is on that link under normal circumstances.
>
> Matt
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