13.7. Safety locks
Protection of electric contours of the car is provided with application of a combination of safety locks, breakers of a chain and fusible inserts. It is easy to distinguish the burned-down safety lock from its transparent plastic case, serviceable by survey.
Attentively examine a safety lock regarding identification of its burn-out. If the safety lock externally looks normally, but suspicions on its malfunction remained, make check of conductivity between the knife plugs acting from its case.
REPLACEMENT
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PERFORMANCE ORDER |
| 1. Before replacement of a safety lock surely switch off the corresponding consumer and ignition. |
| 2. Safety locks are in the block of safety locks from the left face side of the dashboard behind a cover. | | 3. Open a cover for what insert the screw-driver with a flat working part from below into a gap (the shooter on an illustration) and wring out a cover. | | 4. The plan of placement of safety locks is on inside of a cover of the block of safety locks. |
| 5. Additional safety locks are on the relay panel, and also on the additional carrier of the relay behind the panel of the relay and in the holder of the rechargeable battery. | | 6. At cars with the diesel engine the safety lock for preliminary heating is in a box of safety locks on the rechargeable battery. |
| 7. A sign of the burned-down safety lock is the melted metal strip. |
| 8. Remove plastic clips from the inside of a cover and take out the failed safety lock. | | 9. Insert a new safety lock on the same current. Nominal current of a safety lock is specified on a reverse side of the handle. Besides, the handle of a safety lock has color marking by which it is also possible to determine nominal current. |
| 10. Again establish into place a cover of the block of safety locks. | | 11. If after a while the new safety lock fuses again, it is necessary to check the corresponding electric chain. | | 12. Do not replace a safety lock at all with a wire or similar material as it can lead to serious damages of electric equipment. |
| 13. It is always recommended to have in the car spare safety locks. | |