I have a roadside compressor that I have used with other cars without a problem, but it keeps blowing the 10A accessory fuse in my S2000. Would there be a problem if I used a 15A fuse?

I realize that any other accessory I plugged in would then get 15A protection instead of 10A protection - which may not be good for the accessory - but any other potential problems?

Thanks

 

15A "may" be OK, however, there are other things on that circuit (like things to do with your stereo). Not sure what impact this would have on those things.
Although not as convenient, you might consider alligator clips instead of the cig. plug on the compressor and clipping right at the battery.

 

Alligator clips are a good idea. I would ONLY do this after adding a fuse to the compressor cable.

 

Also keep in mind that the fuse is there to protect the wiring. The wires are rated for 10 amps, but might not take 15 amps.

 

^ exactly. For example, the existing 10A fuse won't protect your cell phone charger. If it has a component failure or the output shorts out it can fry the charger and never draw more than an amp or two.

Chances are that the wiring won't fry with a 50% overload, but I wouldn't be willing to take that chance on my own car so I'm not going to recommend it to anyone else either.

 

yea, that's a 50% overload. Eventually the wire insulation could melt, shorting different wires togeter. This is extremely costly to find and fix.

 

Thanks everyone - the aligator clips with an inline fuse sounds like the smart way to go.

 

You should add a seperate plug under the hood for just this purpose. Fuse it with the right size fuse and that way you won't have any worries. Just adding a larger fuse would work for the short term but you'd be safer and it would be in you best interest to add a socket just for that purpose. You could even use this type quick disconnect to make it even easier.