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[Mr Pastry]

Don't forget that there is a large idiot safety factor in car electrics, there has to be.   The basic purpose of the fuses is to stop the wiring catching fire, and just about any fuse will do that.  

[auntiemaryscanary]

On 13/12/2024 at 14:09, LightBulbFun said:

thats is partly why I was wondering if anyone does a blade fuse equivalent of the same footprint, so I can fit one without having to modify any mountings/drill anymore holes through the bulkhead  (tho part of me is tempted to replace it like for like, glass fuses do have a larger contact area then a blade fuse, which is generally a better thing, but then again glass fuses dont grow on trees anymore tho one could always carry a few spares, swings and roundabouts I suppose!) 

although in typing this I realised to replace the fuse holder I think there is likely going to have a nut on the other side of the bulkhead to undo it, which I am not sure one can actually do on your own? (since you would need to undo the nut/screw from inside the car while holding the nut with a spanner on the other side!) something to look into, but it might well just be easier to see if the existing one will clean up, as trying to replace it might well be a PITA for me...

If you do replace the fuse box would a "nutsert" suffice? You'd still need to get the old one out but maybe you could cut or drill out the old bolt.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387635821646?_skw=nutsert+tool&itmmeta=01JF31ZAPGSTP9K54B52HGB9ZJ&hash=item5a40e53c4e:g:XnkAAOSwhcJnPsy9&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKm3KIYL0cpo2rIz6brWBtJU97TEZOEhpPtjvx9fPiCXYWuBKt61%2BmFSuvbtOFqMqF%2BnATNlTikkZbzfNQQMwxaydMjhtkNXvshFtWiWBz0wF0iusAunonLKR6%2FSc%2F5dRHkZ7gUuuKomrjvjzHoWdaKeztZkxk9DEtdXkh0xM5aq0XSwKs3h7rvaWxX4CHaoPnNCaPzNnOfUxxkCCqAQnUtWY6hhO8APCeFGfc9fuASWRy3t10TwbzV0oU9nGfFKqUo%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6yr_eH4ZA

Assuming the bulkhead is steel a couple of new small holes and rivet it on?