Adding Fuses to a hillman imp ignition switch testing and setting fuse ratings part 6 the end 10176

The final part at last. Rating the fuses, now we have the ignition switch splitting the supply from the engine bay into three. The more observant will have noticed the thickness of the main feed, its small, so you really need to watch the loading when adding anything extra like spotlights and so on.
LED conversions, fantastic idea to get the current down.
Some of the items such as wipers and lights are as expected, other such as horn and heater blower can be a eye opener, 4A at least. Nearly as much as the dip beam units each !
Now we fused at a higher rate in the engine bay as we need to count all items that will pull current, bear in mind the dynamo in the original design was only capable of 22-24A at higher revs. As you can see with lights, wiper, hit the horn or heater blower and indicators, it can eat that up easy.
Part 1 covers from engine bay to interior light and planning
Part 2 covers more planning, horn, lighting, indicators, pawl, wiper motor, ignition, stop lights,
Part 3 stripping the engine bay loom, fitting battery fuses, alternator fuses, new alternator wiring, removing the surplus and tidy up.
Part 4 Finish up the engine bay fuses and ignition fuses, fit the fuses to the wiper motor, make up spade ends using crimping tool, fitting fuse inline with horn feed then test I have not broken anything !
Part 5 Change of plan - fit fuses at ignition switch rather than cut into any wiring or move binnacle
Part 6 Set some fuses and its a wrap
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