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Originally Posted by darkorbit
I'm a little bit confused. Is replacing a fuse with a auto reset fuse considered a "modification"? We are not taking the spike apart? For example replacing a fan on the victor with another fan is not "modifying" the performance of the victor.
So replacing the 20 amp fuse with a 20 amp auto reset fuse isn't changing the performance of the spike correct?  |
The prohibition in [R58] is against "tamper[ing] with, modif[ying], or adjust[ing] in any way". Therefore, you must ask whether replacing the Spike fuse or the Victor fan constitutes any of those things. If that was the extent of the rule, you'd have an open question for the Q&A.
But this year, the rule specifically describes several exceptions—i.e. permitted forms of "tamper[ing] with, modif[ying], or adjust[ing] in any way". One exception says: "The fuse on a relay feeding the compressor may be replaced with a 20 Amp Snap-Action circuit breaker (recommended)." Therefore, replacing a fuse with a breaker is a form of "tamper[ing] with, modif[ying], or adjust[ing] in any way".
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As for the Victor, that's a bad example, because it could change the performance, and it would also invoke the motor rule, [R48].
1 Unless you want to argue it's only tampering/modification/adjustment when you're doing it to a Spike attached to a compressor—but I don't think the inspectors will go for that.