Can you replace a 20 amp fuse with a 25 amp?
Can you replace a 20 amp fuse in your car with a 25 amp due to the fuse keep blowing? Yes you can but you are setting yourself up for a big problem. There is a reason the 20 amp fuse is blowing. This can cause excessive heating and melting of the wires on the circuit that is blowing on a 20 amp fuse.
Can I replace a 20-amp fuse with a 15 amp fuse?
the circuit wire is sized for a 20A fuse. If you replace it with a 15A fuse it will not overload the wire and will blow when the continuous current exceeds 15A so yes you can safely replace the 20A fuse with a 15A fuse.
What does a 20 amp starter fuse do?
A look at a schematic shows this fuse (No. 8, 20 amp, hot all the time) provides power for for the starter solenoid through a separate starter relay. The problem should be one of 3 things.
What causes the fuse to blow on a starter?
Intermittent short in the red wire to the relay or in the brown wire to the starter solenoid. Internal problem in the solenoid. Faulty starter relay. (This could be caused by burned contact points in the relay.
What happens when you blow the 20 amp fuse?
The 12 volts power supply from that 20 amp fuse is distributed to more circuits than the start circuit. The electrical short / overload could be in any of those branches. When power branches like this, the branches have to be checked and disconnected to find the fault. Good luck in finding an electrician. It might be worth changing the starter.
Why does my Car start with 20 amp?
They think it might be the starter but are not sure. After getting the car to start once with a 25 amp fuse (vs. the called for 20) it started each time for them with the 20 amp back in place so it is hard to be sure. The questions are 1) Does this seem like it could be the starter or if not what might it be?
A look at a schematic shows this fuse (No. 8, 20 amp, hot all the time) provides power for for the starter solenoid through a separate starter relay. The problem should be one of 3 things.
Intermittent short in the red wire to the relay or in the brown wire to the starter solenoid. Internal problem in the solenoid. Faulty starter relay. (This could be caused by burned contact points in the relay.
The 12 volts power supply from that 20 amp fuse is distributed to more circuits than the start circuit. The electrical short / overload could be in any of those branches. When power branches like this, the branches have to be checked and disconnected to find the fault. Good luck in finding an electrician. It might be worth changing the starter.
They think it might be the starter but are not sure. After getting the car to start once with a 25 amp fuse (vs. the called for 20) it started each time for them with the 20 amp back in place so it is hard to be sure. The questions are 1) Does this seem like it could be the starter or if not what might it be?