Automotive high current fuse

A fuse comprising:

• a metal piece having outermost, spaced terminal-forming portions and a fuse link-forming intermediate portion between said terminal-forming portions, said terminal-forming portions of said metal piece being longitudinally spaced and aligned, said fuse link-forming portion providing a desired overall resistance which provides a desired delay in the time a given overload current flow which will melt said fuse link-forming portion and open the fuse, and under short circuit conditions will blow quickly;
• and an insulating housing surrounding said intermediate portion of said metal piece, said housing comprising identical confronting housing halves having sides placed in confronting relationship along a given plane, each of said confronting housing halves defining a central space therebetween from which said fuse link-forming portion of said metal piece is spaced, said housing halves having confronting surfaces which envelope and seal around the terminal-forming portions of the metal portions of the fuse, each housing half having at least one positioning pin projecting through a pin-receiving hole in one of the terminal-forming portions of said metal piece and a hole in the other housing half, one of said housing halves being rotated 180.degree. in said given plane so that said pin and said pin-receiving holes of said housing halves are at opposite sides thereof.