So I had the newly aquired '90 chevy ck 1500 4x4 on the hoist changing over the 4x4 actuator when I noticed a flash. Here there was a large wire from the battery sparking on an exhaust shield. It was burnt almost all the way through and with no fuse blown. Luckily I caught it before I was stranded somewhere or the truck burned.
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Glad to know you found out when you did. Had a friend who spent a pile of money putting his truck on the road. Lasted about a week. Electrical fire. Insurance company would not cover it. He didn't have fire in his coverage.
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thats the problem, it burnt through the cover because there is no fuse to protect the circuit from what you described. i had a starter wire ground to the frame on an s truck i had, killed the battery dead and ruined it. im amazed there was no fire.
So then are there inline fuses you would install at the battery on the positive cable and what would the rating be.Wireing after the fuse panel is fused but it seams the cable to the fuse panel in most cases isn't.This is an interesting post and is something to think about,thanks for the reminder Rusty. Ed
-- Edited by flatblack55delivery on Wednesday 24th of April 2013 08:46:40 AM
So then are there inline fuses you would install at the battery on the positive cable and what would the rating be.Wireing after the fuse panel is fused but it seams the cable to the fuse panel in most cases isn't.This is an interesting post and is something to think about,thanks for the reminder Rusty. Ed
-- Edited by flatblack55delivery on Wednesday 24th of April 2013 08:46:40 AM
There's never a fuse going from the battery to the starter. The current draw is just too high to have a protected circuit. Every other component is however protected by fuses, circuit breakers or fusible links. My car uses a maxi fuse which is located between the battery and my main fuse panel and I think the rating was around 60 amps.
back in the 70's I drove a jeep . On my way to the cottage we stopped at the beer store in Gravenhurst one friday night. I had the starter switch hanging under the dash ( for some stupid reason...I was in my 20's then). Went to start it and the switch shorted out on the steel dash ...that then fried the wiring harness. So I had to have it taken to a garage for a week while I rented a truck and returned to T.O. Lesson learned...
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if the time ever comes you can't see it, you can lay on your back and do it from underneath.
a friend of mine was welding a new trailer hitch to his friends new leased mini van many years ago. His rod accidently hit the fuel tank which put a hole in it and a fire started. After the fire trucks had left he was facing a melted minivan and the glass blown out of his 59 el camino that was in the garage beside the van. He doesn't do THAT anymore.
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