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70 coupe fuse box, are the centre terminals fuse protected?

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Old 10-27-2014, 06:10 AM
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Default 70 coupe fuse box, are the centre terminals fuse protected?

Hi, can someone tell me whether the the centre vertical terminals in the fuse box are protected by one of the fuses or will I need to add a separate inline fuse to use these outputs?
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On my 1969 the terminals are fuse-protected.
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I think bad bird is correct from what I recall on my 68. Put a volt meter on the center terminals. With it reading 12 volts, pull the adjacent fuses to check. I added another in line fuse to mine when I put on a carb with elect choke. The fuses beside the ign terminal are 20 amps so I used a 15 amp fuse for the choke. Theory is it will blow before the 20amp fuses keeping my light circuit functioning.

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Thanks for the replies, I was trying to keep things tidy in the wiring there as one of the terminals is used to power the radio by the looks of thinks and has an additional fuse on the wire. I intend to use the other terminal to power day time lights.

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