Blew a fuse

[Hecka]

I left my headlights on yesterday which drained my battery by the time I got off work. Had a co-worker take me home, and we arrived this morning with jumper cables.

In a moment of supreme stupidity I crossed the connections to my battery, causing what looks like a safety fuse to light on fire.

Can somebody tell me what this fuse is called? I wasn't able to find the name of it to buy a replacement.

[Hecka]

Never mind I think I found the name of it. It's called a fusible link.

[wth]

I would pull them out and put in some plug type 30amp fuses

[eurotiva]

Pink, green, pink. 30amp, 40 amp, 30 amp. Buy the block style buss fuses. Also if you can clean down in where they go. U usually some debris in there from having fusible links

[drddan]

They are called PAL fuses

[bravekozak]

Here is what they look like.

[batstiva]

IIRC there are short legged ones, and long legged ones. You want the long legged ones.

[Hecka]

I went to the auto parts store and bought a universal fusible link, cut it and put a connector on it and then plugged it into where the blown one was and the car works so.... I don't think I'm going to mess with it more.

[drddan]

Really? The PAL fuses are SO much better ..... not to mention they are plug and play

[Movin]

I prefer the fusible link wire but the PAL fuses look cool.

[Hecka]

Really? The PAL fuses are SO much better ..... not to mention they are plug and play

It was the end of the day for me at work when this happened. I just wanted to get a replacement part and go home. Since it's been working, I haven't felt the need to make another change, but I'll check out your recommendation

[tooldude]

What size wire did you use and how long did you make it?

[Hecka]

What size wire did you use and how long did you make it?

I used a 14 gauge wire and made it about 3 inches long from end to end. The connectors I used were a little small for the fuse tabs, so I used my car key to widen them and shoved them on there good and tight and haven't had a problem since!