RE: [doc] Re: Fuse Box melting...

["chrisparnham" <chrisparnham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe leaving the top off the fuse box is also recommended to allow
any heat to dissipate easier. 
 
 But you are quite right Nick, dirty contacts generate heat, and this
quickly gets worse with extended use.
 
In my "day job" as an electro-plater, we have 3,000 amp rectifiers and
these too can generate heat very quickly at a dirty joint. 
 
Best regards
Chris Parnham
DOC 2
RHD  vin 5638
BTTF vin 20049 
-----Original Message-----
From: nick12dmc [mailto:Tammyfew@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: 05 April 2005 07:13
To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [doc] Re: Fuse Box melting...
 

Hi John,
        The Fuse box on the D' can cause problems. The fuses that 
tend to melt are the fuel pump and air con. 
The best way to stop this is to clean the fuse contact blades
by pulling each fuse. It's the contacts that clamp the metal fuse
blades they don't grip all that well which leads to bad connections.
DMC Houston do a new upgraded fuse box. I have fitted it to my D' 
and its been fine ever since.
Also Check that someone has not used single fuse holders to
replace the empty melted sockets. I bet they have, one of 
these could be tucked out the way in the relay/fuse compartment.
It could be that melting.
This is what happened on my car.
Best Regards
Nick H
  --- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, John Tien <johntien99@xxxx> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I had a longish drive today and found that the Fuse
> box smell of melting plastic. So I checked all the
> connections and everything seems working fine, only a
> bit warm... Just wondering if this is suppose to
> happen to a D (1981)?
> 
> I saw there are a few melted sockets on the fuse box
> already... but they are left unplugged by the previous
> owner... so they shouldn't be producing the melding
> plastic smell.
> 
> Shall I add a cooling fan or some sort to the fuse
> compartment?? It's crowded with wires!
> 
> Cheers,
> John Tien
> DOC 8
> RHD 3046
> 
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