05-11-12, 12:10 AM
Quote: there's more load caused by a dodgy connection or just an increase in load like by heated grips
these are 2 different scenarios.
The dodgy connection (assuming its corrosion) just means its an increase in resistance, so lower current - the scenario I described before.
extra load (such as heated grips) will pull more current out of the battery (and reg/rec combination) yes, but that's perfectly normal for the accessory that's being switched. And it's not what is happening in the OP scenario (I dunno what the problem is there tho!), he has a fault of most intriguing origin !!
A dodgy connection could be a fault to earth - and then there's very low resistance, and hence a very high current, with the attendant heat and melting wiring & fire risk - and that's why we use fuses, they're not really there to protect the accessory, but to protect the rest of the bike.
What the OP problem is, I dunno - the fuse should be doing its job long before the plastic melts :eek :eek
Will, is the heat definiately coming from the fuse, its not something else right next to it?!? Cant recall whats next to the fuse box, and its WAY too cold to go take a lok in hte garage
