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GTRS Fiero

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Circuit breakers?
« on: March 03, 2019, 03:48:51 pm »
I've been spending a lot of time in auto parts stores, lately, and have come to the conclusion that most of the employees do not know anything about cars, or about the products sold at their store.  It was not always this way, because a lot of retired mechanics used to work at auto parts stores.

I asked the people about particular relays, a blower resistor, various lubricants, a brake booster filter, etc.  They had no idea.  After the guy at the counter concluded that, because he couldn't find it in his computer, they did not carry it, I found it on the shelf--with the exact name I provided.

Even the people that work at the dealer parts stores are rather useless.  While we're at it, getting a mechanic to touch something non-stock does not go far.  Or getting an auto-body shop to actually do anything more than replace and paint.  Or getting a muffler shop to do custom exhaust work.

Anyway, the Fiero has 2 circuit breakers.  To me, a circuit breaker gets thrown, and you switch it back.  No such on these.  What is the deal?

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Re: Circuit breakers?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2019, 10:17:05 am »
Some circuit breakers are thermal. If they trip, after a while they cool off and reset themselves.
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Re: Circuit breakers?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2019, 12:22:01 pm »
Yep.  The 84-86 headlight motors have thermal breakers that reset automatically.  I think the two little silver boxes in the fuse block are breakers that automatically reset. 
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Re: Circuit breakers?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2019, 05:55:59 pm »
Interesting.  I have not found any info on that.