RE: [VAL] 40 Amp Fuse

[root <geraldj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No reason at all other than originalitalus. I believe that the
automotive industry has gone to the blade type fuses for a few good
reasons.

1. The blade type fuses are lower cost to make. Easier to make automated
machinery for their manufacture.

2. The blade type fuses are more compact so there can be more circuits
in a given space.

3. The blade type fuses and their holders get better contact to the
circuits (and use the crimp on spade lug female connector used all over
the vehicle) and so suffer fewer problems from poor contacts at the
fuses.

Note that blade type fuses come in three sizes of blades and cases and
the largest ones are most appropriate for high current (40 amp)
applications.

Now about that long word up top, "originalitalus." That's a new word I
invented today, hoping that the Latin scholars amongst us won't tar and
feather me. I intend it to mean the desire to keep everything in the
vintage trailer as it came from the factory whether or not improved
products and procedures available today make the trailer more livable
and whether or not repairs for the original are available today.

Clearly some members of the VAC and this list are affected by
originalitalus and some are not. Its up to the individual to decide
which is most healthy or desirable.

Gerald J.