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Re: Blowing spike fuses

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Originally Posted by FrankJ View Post
I expect I will do that since without anything official, it will be the inspector's definition I would have to follow.

In any case you need to know why the fuse is blowing and be sure you are not masking something that needs to be fixed.
What needs to be fixed has been said already. They are stalling the motor, which stalls at over 20amps. So they need which to a speed controller.
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