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Question: fuse box burnt

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getto country, 2.5L V6, Piketon, OH, August 15, 2010, 18:53
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recentally i smelled a burnt wire smell when i would use the ac and today i found out that my fuse had melted completly through the fuse box and a few more around it , does anyone know why this could have happend, i had the correctt fuse in it so why?

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    Johnny Mopar August 19, 2010, 13:55
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    A loose connection will cause a fuse box or any electrical connection to overheat and melt the connectors or in your case the fuse box, especially with the load of the A/C on the circuit.

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    getto country, September 26, 2010, 12:47
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    what do u mean with the load of the A/c on the circuit? could it have been from a to big or to small of a fuse? i can still feel cool air from the ac is it ok to use ?

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