Honda Civic/Acura Integra

since 1994 of release

Repair and car operation

Safety locks – the general information

Various combinations of safety locks, breakers of a chain and fusible inserts are applied to protection of electric contours of electric equipment of the car. Two assembly blocks (three on the models equipped with ABS) are located one – under an instrument guard in the left part of the dashboard, the second – in the right part of an impellent compartment of the car (see illustrations below).

Each separate safety lock is used for protection of any concrete electric contour. The identification table of safety locks is usually glued to a cover of the assembly block, from its internal party.

In the assembly block the safety locks of a compact design equipped with bayonet contacts, and if necessary easily taken of the nests in the block are used by fingers. At refusal any of consumers of the electric power first of all always it is necessary to check a condition of the corresponding safety lock. The case of a safety lock is made of transparent plastic through which it is easy to define a condition of a working crossing point (see an illustration below).

At replacement of the fused safety lock strictly watch that the prepared replaceable corresponded on type failed. The safety locks calculated on a various nominal current physically can differ nothing from each other, without being thus interchangeable. Each of electric chains is calculated on various working parameters and needs various extent of protection therefore replacement of the safety lock calculated on a certain current, not corresponding to it on parameters is fraught with the most serious consequences (up to fire emergence). Working parameters of a safety lock (a nominal current) are usually designated on its plastic case.

If the new safety lock after installation also fails at once, it is not meaningful to make its further replacement, – before it is necessary to reveal and eliminate the overload reason in a chain. In most cases that appears the short circuit of electroconducting caused by damage of its isolation.

On all models of cars considered in the Real Management the main safety lock which has been usually calculated on a nominal current in 80 or in 100 amperes is provided. The safety lock provides the general protection of all the contours connected to the storage battery and is beaten out at emergence of an overload of any of them, preventing thereby failure of the main plait of electroconducting. The main safety lock consists of a lamellar metal crossing point which easily melts at emergence of electric overloads. Before starting replacement of the main safety lock without fail disconnect the storage battery. A replaceable main safety lock always it is possible to get in firm service center of the company manufacturer of the car.

The main safety lock is in located in an impellent compartment of the car the assembly block, outwardly a little than differs from other safety locks and changes in the similar way. Remember that the failed main safety lock should be replaced with the replaceable calculated on the same current.