1967 Fuse: AIM says 106652, P&A says that's a 3 amp, but fuse block says 10 amp???

[Joe R.]

Re: 1967 Fuse: AIM says 106652, P&A says that's a 3 amp, but fuse block says 10 amp??

Joe,

A little punctuation would have helped, but electrical speak is clear to those of us in the industry. Sometimes we forget we are not speeking to fellow engineers or technicians.

Wire is 20 AWG, 33A circuit (pink). So the wire size is 20 American Wire Gauge, 33A is the circuit number and the wire color is pink.

If one is referring to amps one uses the small letter a -- even when the load is in the tens of thousands of amps, as it is in my work. Although it is not uncommon to refer to Kiloa or Ka in that case. Those values probably exceed Bill’s experience though.

Terry,

Well, I do happen to be an Electrical Engineer, but I work in the aerospace industry, not power. When I was in school, we used capital letters to indicate units, e.g. A = Amperes, V = Volts. We use the same notation at work. So, you can see why I was confused.

Joe

[Terry M.]

Re: 1967 Fuse: AIM says 106652, P&A says that's a 3 amp, but fuse block says 10 amp??

Terry,

Well, I do happen to be an Electrical Engineer, but I work in the aerospace industry, not power. When I was in school, we used capital letters to indicate units, e.g. A = Amperes, V = Volts. We use the same notation at work. So, you can see why I was confused.

Joe

That surprises me, but all my power industry work has been with one company, so I am reacting from my myopic experience. In my company the only value that is lower case (that I can think of) is amps. W = watts R= resistance V or E = volts I = inductance. But if you are used to the upper case I can see where Bills notation would be confusing. Perhaps I was the only one who was not confused. THAT wouldn't be the only time I have suffered from blissful ignorance. It probably won't be the last time either.

[William C.]

Re: 1967 Fuse: AIM says 106652, P&A says that's a 3 amp, but fuse block says 10 amp??

Sorry, I'm just a poor dumb ME. (Who has some prints)

[Terry M.]

Re: 1967 Fuse: AIM says 106652, P&A says that's a 3 amp, but fuse block says 10 amp??

Sorry, I'm just a poor dumb ME. (Who has some prints)

You and Joe both have BS degrees. I don't. I only have 42 years in the electric power industry, but as I said all in one company. Oh, and I will tell you I learned a long time ago not to argue with engineers. That is ANY kind of engineers.