24.3. Safety locks
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Fig. 18-8. An arrangement of nuts of fastening of the block of fuses in a niche for the passenger's legs
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Fuses are placed in the block of safety locks located on the right side in a niche for legs of the forward passenger (see fig. 18-8).
Always replace a safety lock with other safety lock of the same power. On each safety lock the size of the protected current is specified. Never replace a safety lock more than once, without having defined the reason of its burn-out.
If the safety lock fused, so the conductor connecting contacts of a safety lock is broken off (see fig. 18-1).
To take out a safety lock from the socket, use tweezers (fig. 18-2). The wire in the fused safety lock is broken off.
Establish the new safety lock calculated at the same size of current. On a reverse side of each safety lock the size of the protected current is specified. Besides, color of the case of a safety lock corresponds to the size of the protected current.
Current, And Colour
5 Light brown
10 Red
15 Blue
20 Yellow
25 White
30 Green
If the established safety lock fused again, check the electric chain protected by a safety lock.
Do not replace a safety lock at all with a wire crossing point as car electric equipment can be seriously damaged.
Prevention
Characteristics of fuses and electric chains can change over time.