Posted by MarkB_MI on November 29, 2017 at 03:26:26 from (174.230.134.129):
In Reply to: Rippoff by design??? posted by Eldon (WA) on November 28, 2017 at 17:06:14:
It's not some diabolical plot. The engineer's challenge is to squeeze ten pounds of potatoes in a five-pound bag. Each year, the electrical content of vehicles goes up, while the room for it stays the same or gets smaller. Whoever designed that fuse panel was told how big it could be, how many circuits it would have and how much current each of those circuits must carry. Given those constraints, the engineer is forced to use fuses small enough that they'll all fit. The likelihood of the trailer fuse blowing was most likely not a consideration at all. And let's not forget that those fuses aren't cheap for the manufacturer, either, even though they're buying a hundred thousand at a time. (The panel is most likely designed and built by a supplier; they pass their cost on to the OEM, but suppliers are always under pressure to bring their component prices down.)
If it's any consolation, the price of those fuses will come down over time as they become more common.
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