[Rich911E]

I pulled my Kienzle electric clock from my 1969 and found that the culprit is the soldered connection in the inside. It seems that this connection is made with a very low temperature solder (250 degrees Fahrenheit) that acts as an internal fuse. I have done a search on the Net and the special solder seems difficult to obtain.

Instead of relying on the low temperature solder as a fuse, I was thinking of just soldering the connection with conventional solder and then putting an in-line fuse to the clock. This way, if the fuse blows, I don't have to take the clock back out of the car, etc., etc.

However, I was wondering if anyone knows how much the clock really draws? Since the clock draws very little power and too much can fry it, I was thinking about using a 1 amp fuse (Radio Shack). I would think Iwould be safe at 1 amp, but just wanted to see if anyone knew for sure.

Thanks in advance.

Rich