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Safety locks - the general information

Relay and fuse box in the engine compartment

On considered cars of the fuse is placed in the assembly block located under a cover on the left side instrument panel (see. Specifications and ?��11 on an illustration components mounting and fixing the instrument panel). The rest of the fuses are placed in the engine compartment above the battery - see. Illustration above and Specifications.

Each individual fuse used to protect a specific electric circuit or several circuits.

The mounting blocks are used fuses a compact design, equipped with bayonet pins, and, if necessary, easily recoverable fingers from their slots in the block. In case of refusal of any of the consumers of electricity in the first place you should always check the status of the corresponding fuse. Turn on the ignition and using a lamp-sampler prozondiruyte open terminals of each of the fuses. If the lamp lights up when connected to each terminal, therefore, the fuse is OK. If the voltage occurs only from the power supply, then the fuse is blown. Note also that usually the fuse is made of transparent plastic through which to easily determine the status of the working bridge.

When replacing a blown fuse is strictly make sure that the replacement element is prepared to match the type of the failed. Designed for various nominal amperage fuse can physically no different from each other, without being interchangeable. Each of the electrical circuits have different operating parameters and requires varying degrees of protection, so replacing the fuse, designed for a specific amperage fuse with the appropriate parameters are not fraught with the most serious consequences (up to a fire). The operating parameters of the fuse is typically labeled at its plastic package, moreover, the color identification is additionally used (see. Specifications).

If the new fuse immediately after installation also fails, it makes no sense to produce its further replacement - should first identify and eliminate the cause of the overload circuit. In most cases, such a short-circuit is the connecting wiring, it causes damage to the insulation. Spare fuses are usually placed in the free blocks of the mounting block.