Muses on Fuses

There is too much redundant wiring. Too many places where things can go wrong. I had been noticing that my main 15 amp fuse was getting hot. Really hot. Too hot to touch. From what I read on the SOHC forums this is not a good sign. When I took a look at my fuse box holder I did find signs of melted plastic. This presented a good opportunity to eliminate the fuse box holder altogether and replace the glass fuses with blade types.

You can see the plastic was melted and the metal leads were corroded.

The hanging plastic end was eliminated as well. I just snipped the wire off.

I wasn’t sure exactly what I was going to do. I had two vague ideas. One was to use inexpensive female connectors. And the other idea was the slightly more expensive blade fuse unit.

I tried both methods. They both worked.

This image is the Auto Zone blade receptacle. They run a few bucks, but not worth it.

I ran the main 15 amp fuse through this. I soldered the cables to the wiring harness.

This is the better method. Inexpensive, and no soldering. I just crimped those female ends onto the exposed wires.

Here is a shot of the empty spot were the old fuse holder use to be. Cleans up nicely.

For now, I just zip tied them together and let them hang there. Later I’ll figure out how to hide them under the seat.

This will be my next project: getting rid of those decaying off-white plastic connectors. There is no need for them.