762shooter wrote:
The Electrical Flow Chart says that it is for use on
the rectifier/regulator set-up that is combined in a
single case and this one is two seperate units.
I have two seperate repair manuals, a Chilton and a
Clymer and both book's wiring schematics show the
'73 Z1, '74 Z1A, and '75 Z1B as only having one fuse....
....Thanks for your help guys, am I being a pain in the butt yet?
__YES__ !!!
Well, no, actually. Unfortunately over the phone, so to speak it is sort of tough to visualize where the bulk of the current is going. You need to isolate that circuit/branch. I printed off your post to see if it would help when I held it up to my forehead, like The Great,,,whatever.
Do you honestly feel you don't have a short? Take what I suggest next with a grain of salt and consider it carefully before proceeding.
Take out whatever size fuse you are using and put in one that is, oh, I don't know, 25% to 50% heavier. If you do in fact have a short somewhere, it should still blow _without_ causing a dern diatomic explosion. People who replace fuses with nails are braver than me. I'm a sissy when it comes to diatomic explosions! One time, and only one time, I took a nuclear stress test, and the med tech _DROPPED_ the syringe containing the nuclear dye and that thing dern near exploded! Right beside my LEFT toe!! Man, was I pissed!!! But I deviate, or am a deviate, or... Any way, if you have a component drawing a good bit more juice than it should, then the heavier fuse may spell trouble for it over extended time.
If you (STRONG emphasis here on _you_) do decide to go this route, and a heavier fuse does blow, then do not ride it. Get back to me and we will disconnect individual branch circuits till the main path is isolated.