In order to ensure the safe use of electricity car circuit, our vehicles will be equipped with a special fuse, like the car air conditioning, lights, horn, wiper, electric windows and other electrical equipment all cannot do without its protection, whenever the car numerical circuit current exceeds the rated or abnormal, it will work to a very important role in the protection of the fuse, the fuse with the car but on how much you know about it?
A brief introduction of automobile fuse
The classification of auto fuse and a lot, and we can easily come into contact with in the car, is more often seen usually are of medium size or small ATO type fuse fuse. This kind of ampere fuse numerical is generally in the 2A-40A, you need to replace the fuse when buying, must choose the correct specifications, and also take care not to arbitrarily replace the fuse size, otherwise it may cause damage to electric equipment.
To confirm the specific value of ampere fuse is not difficult, one can according to the color resolution, different numerical amps will correspond to different colors, like the current international standard, 2A is grey, deep orange 40A; and the other is to look at the tail of the fuse logo, usually it will be engraved with clear value of them, the judgment method is very simple.
The location of the fuse
Electrical equipment on the car will usually have a special fuse independent, and they are concentrated in the insurance box, and this box of insurance will generally have 2 cars, are responsible for the internal and external power, and therefore their positions are different.
The car insurance box location, between different models will be different, which is usually more common in the lower left corner of the steering wheel, but also some position in the glove box; while the external fuse box usually inside the engine compartment, do not know the specific location of the vehicle owner can check manual.
Electrical equipment corresponding to each fuse
Before we also mentioned that the car‘s electrical equipment will have their own independent fuse, then if we change ourselves, how can we know the specific fuse equipment?
Usually, electric seats, electric windows, cigarette lighter etc. belong to internal power, and traffic lights, horn, computer, air compressor is the external power, as the fuse specific corresponding equipment, in the general insurance cover, or use the manual to find the legend mark.
Some imported models of parts in the use of logo legend is English abbreviation, many owners may not be accurate cognition, then can refer to the table below, which contains most of the common parts name.
Causes of fuse
Many causes of automobile fuse, such as unauthorized modification of electric equipment of vehicles by using electric power; or an electronic device with a cigarette lighter with large power; or cleaning the engine compartment does not pay attention to so easily lead to the emergence of this situation, so we usually in the car wash must be more careful.
In addition there are currently on the market a lot of fake fuse, everyone in the purchase must go to a regular store for genuine accessories, do not choose.