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Copper fuses for w124?

Discussion in 'Electrics, Vacuum, Ignition and ECU' started by balge59, Jul 7, 2010.

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    balge59 Senior Member

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    hi
    after being advised copper fuses are a worthwhile improvement over the nasty aluminium ones I had a good search - but can't find a stockist!
    Does anyone have a link?
     
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    cheers, that's a start, are there no UK suppliers (no Paypal see..)


    cheers!
     
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    The most important thing is to get the ceramic fuses,,so much better than the new plastic versions
     
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    More interested in copper to copper contact tbh - what's the problem with plastic bodies?:confused:
     
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    paypal allows you to use a guest login for just credit card transactions
     
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    They get hot and shrink,,arcing takes place and they get hotter still
     
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    mm, still only have a debit card :Oops:, don't suppose that works?
     
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    aaah... yep guess if its hot enough to melt the metal.....messy too!
     
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    I am pretty sure they do
     
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    ok, cheers , I'll look into that!
     
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