Today, I decided to tackle the mini-fuses in the box as they looked like they were dirty and had been sprayed with dirty water:
- Fuse area of main fuse box
I removed all the fuses (after taking the above picture for fuse value and position reference) and this is what I found:
- Fuse corrosion
All the 10-12 fuses were like this or worse. I have removed them then and cleaned then all with a fiberglass brush so they now look like this:
- Fuses after cleaning
I have soaked the fuse box contacts for the fuses in the Wurth contact cleaner and I'm leaving them the ferment for a few hours before blowing out and remaining residue and fluid with compressed air. My 2 questions are this:
1) Even though the fuses have cleaned up pretty well, would you re-use them or just use new ones. I have a box of cheap mini-fuses for our 06 XC70 as emergencies, but would I be better off using those or reuse the old one ok. In both cases I will brush the contacts with No-Ox-it.
2) I have as mentioned left the contacts for the fuses in the box soaking in contact cleaner. Should I clean the contacts mechanical some how? If so what should I use? Normally I'd use a toothbrush but due to the design and position of the box, it is hard to get into the contacts as they are countersunk:
- Fuse box contacts
These are what the 2 relays looked like. The others were lightly oxidized:
- Relay corrosion
Appreciate any guidance from you electrical boffins please!
Neil.
