From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 5/22/2025 12:43 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 5/22/2025 4:46 AM, Snag wrote:   
   >> On 5/22/2025 5:38 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >>> "Snag"  wrote in message news:100m0vd$38gvr$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>   
   >>>   While on a familiarization trip thru my downloaded owner/operator   
   >>> manual for the antique Yanmar YM1500D tractor I just bought (mfd   
   >>> 1975-79) I saw a fuse box ... so I decided to go exploring ! And I found   
   >>> that fuse box , and I popped  the cover off , and I found ... fuse wires   
   >>> on screw terminals ! OK , it ain't exactly state of the art , but it   
   >>> fills the need . I also found tucked in the cover a small plastic   
   >>> package of what I assume to be fuse wires . What I don't know is what   
   >>> the amperage rating of these wires is - I'm hoping one of you might have   
   >>> an idea  . Eventually I will replace this fuse box with a unit that has   
   >>> plug in fuses , but for right now I'm going to clean up the original and   
   >>> see if I can get the lights/horn/turnsigs working ...   
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   >>>   
   >>> https://tractorpoint.com/cgi-bin/tractor/bs_msgbythread.pl?   
   >>> parentnum=156234&bd=yanmar-tractor-   
   >>> review&srsltid=AfmBOorLD6v2QFBzI1ZemQbN49rSABY2gmI8jT2g6ZOWolSZgo2OmmaC   
   >>   
   >>    At least no previous owners have butchered the wiring ! I ordered a   
   >> pair of cheap analog VOM's last night , all my cheap digital units   
   >> have died . Sure wish we still had a Radio Shack ! The fuse   
   >> connections need cleaning up but that's just one more little thing .   
   >> I'm hoping that the cooling system was drained - they recommend   
   >> straight water because it's a  thermal siphon , no pump - and isn't   
   >> full of holes . A surprising amount of parts are still available but I   
   >> don't really want to buy a 250 dollar radiator !   
   >   
   > I don't have an answer to your query.  It just reminded my when I worked   
   > for Arizona Telephone Company (since bought out by TDS Telecom) back in   
   > the 80s a supervisor of mine pointed out some antique equipment still in   
   > service that used 1 amp fuse wire.  He gave me a spool of the stuff out   
   > of his personal stash.  I doubt I still have it, but I don't ever   
   > remember throwing it away.   
   >   
   > That was a weird friendship.  Years later he worked for me, and I fired   
   > him for an egregious mistake with a panic alarm for a customer.  The   
   > customer was robbed and the panic alarm didn't work.  I had specifically   
   > asked him if he had tested it.  It turns out he tested the button and   
   > wires with a meter and then hooked it up to the panic input on the   
   > control incorrectly.  He never actually tested it.  The correct way to   
   > test most alarm devices is to active them with the system fully   
   > functional and make sure dispatch receives the signals... anyway, oddly   
   > enough we were still friends until he died living in an adult care home   
   > up in Oregon a few years later.   
   >   
   > Back on topic if I run across that spool of fuse wire I'll let you know,   
   > and you can tell me if you want it.  I never used it for anything.   
   >   
   >   
      
      Thanks Bob , I think I'll be alright for now . I ordered a package of   
   15 amp fuse links last night . I'm trying to decide if I want to drop 50   
   bucks+ for an aftermarket unit that uses blade type fuses . The main   
   electrical concerns for right now are the starter and the thermostart   
   (it dribbles fuel oil on the heater element) unit . Once it runs and   
   drives everything else is icing on the cake .   
   --   
   Snag   
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   are being silenced so that   
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