mike swanson wrote:
KPierson wrote:
That was sarcasm and irony. No, I wouldn't really put 6 fuse holders in parallel (sarcasm) and I would only be worried about the unsafe things that I had a chance to correct but didn't that impacted my life (irony). I wouldn't worry about being the last person to touch it, because IF I touched it I would do it right, and thus have no reason to worry. What I would have done was, if the guy was willing to pay my shop to work on his car, install ONE 30A fuse per line. I would then tell him that once he leaves my shop he can do what he wants with it. If he turns it up and blows the fuses thats on him. If he removes/bypasses the fuses that also is on him. I wouldn't pass up the opportunity to work on a car that has an owner that obviously doesn't mind spending money on his car just because the installation was missing fuses. That would be a great opportunity to educate the customer and become the customers go to guy for all his equipment and installation needs. Of course I've always been more customer service oriented then anything else... |
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The point was that he was Not willing to pay. The customer looked at me like I was crazy. I was running with your sarcasm with a mental pic of how it would look and how many 30 fuses we would need. OMG that would look funny. Also I wanted to fix it, but I had to do it right or not at all. Have you ever seen a cheap 30amp fuse and holder melt together due to over amps? I have and that could of happen again if I did 30amp fuses. I hope your not mad, but really You would put the 30amp fuses in? and be liable for that if it melted together and didnt pop. or fried the amps and then have to pay for them. What would you other guys do? Would you put 30amp fuses in? I cant save every idiot that dosnt listen to me. I tell people what they need to make it right and if they dont listen then I cant do anything about it. Just like a Drunk Driver. Just try to take the keys from him and tell him Not to drive |
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I think, in all honestly, it would be an intersting situation. Chances are, the guy would never let you install 30A fuses because then his amps wouldn't work. But, if nothing else, it would show him the seriousness of NEEDING fuses. They arn't recomended, they are required.
I, myself, am pretty sensitive to the whole fusing issue because I've sat in a customers car that ALMOST caught on fire. The guys buddy had installed his remote wire driectly to the battery, ran it to a non insulated toggle switch by the drivers seat, then to the amp. I was sitting in the car messing with the deck and hit the switch with my foot. The sill plate was out of the car for some reason (thats how he brought it to us) and the switch grounded out. Just like that, the entire car was full of white smoke. Luckily the hood was open and my boss at the time saw what was going on and grabbed and ripped the wire off the battery - again lucky for us the remote wire was literally wrapped around the battery terminal.
The guy driving the car had no idea how unsafe the install was, he thought his buddy knew what he was doing.
I guess in reality that installing a 30A fuse wouldn't be the best idea, because it wouldn't "fix" anything. The more appropriate thing to do would be to disconnect everything. I'm guessing the customer wouldn't allow that, either though!
Kevin Pierson
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