Quite often it isnt necessarily the fues that "blows",,, more often than not it`s the corrosion that builds up around the contacts over the years on electrical items that causes it, dirt, grit, corrosion, & loose worn tired old fues holders, all are happy to be the culprit at some stage or other & often "BECAUSE" of the corrosion the current becomes higher trying to jump over/around/through all the crap at the contact points that "then" maybe the fues blows.
& also you have the crappy fueses themselves, they don`t make fues`s like they used to & often you`ll test a fues that looks sweet but it aint.
everyone should be cleaning their fues blocks & re-tensioning the tabs that hold the fueses in place & allways carry spare fueses
& yes, of course there is allways the good possibilty of there being a problem/short in the system somewhere to cause the fues to blow so never count that out, but i always check the fues & fues holder/block assy first, just clean & tighten the tabs before u start to blame something else or look elsewhere.
Lucas wasn`t really that bad of a fella, he just didn`t expect to be around this long or he`d have produced an automatic corrosion erradication device built into the elec system of every car he fitted out >-) now that was funny
) like to blow at inconvenient moments.
