Aftermarket fuse box

[alun111]

After my lights blowing in the fog the other night... I realised how stupid it is that the hornet uses mini fuses.. as not many places sell them!

Does anyone know if there's a fusebox off another honda or something that uses conventional car fuses and will slot on to the existing clip? If there is I'd love to replace it with one.

Cheers!
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[Xenocide]

Yeah it's a bit of a pain isn't it. Halfords sell the fuses...

You could get another fuse box but it'd be a bit of a mission. Best off getting one from another bike - from a breakers or something.

What I did with my Civic (same fuses) is goto a scrappy to get something (windscreen wiper motor in this case) and fill your pockets with as many free fuses as you can - works a treat. I've not ran out and it's been about 3 years .
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[Itchy]

Hold on you ride a hornet which uses the same mini fuses as my CBR , I've been able to get them at petrol stations , and any motorfactors infact at my local motorfactors mini fuses are 12p each while the bigger blade fuses are 16p each.

But thinking about it , it will be a pain , since you'll have about 8 things to solder into it...
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[alun111]

They're not as widely available though surely... car type fuses you can get from ANY garage. Not bothered about the soldering.
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[ZaphodBeeble]

Why the hell would you want to go to all the trouble of replacing a fuse box just because one fuse popped? If you are worried about fuses popping just go out and spend a couple of quid on a compliment of spare fuses and keep them handy.

Don't make unneccesary work for yourself. Besides, you should probably look for the cause of the problem. May be a bad seal on the headlight unit or the bulb holder cover.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Just stock up.

Ebay Link

£9 including postage for 100. Found cheaper, but not with the smaller ampage one.

All the best

Keith
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[Cigaro]

I've always been able to find the fuses at petrol stations.

I also know of many cars that use mini fuses.

[alun111]

The reason I wanted to do this was because I thought mini fuses weren't going to be as widely available. As you have all said they pretty much are.. I'll stick to this fuse box. I guess i'll just keep a small case of them under the seat.

I think the headlights blew because a 10amp fuse is fitted... same as when I had a single headlight... except I now have twin headlights (i.e 2 bulbs).

Cheers everyone

Edit: Cheers Keith, never thought of ebay! Just ordered 100 assorted 5,10,15,20,25,30 amp for £5.25! sweet!
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