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One of the pictures shows the harness leg for the interior lights.

I highly recommend a 5 amp inline fuse at that point.

For cigarette lighter cars this will blow the fuse so they need to be disconnected and taped. Unless of course smoking is important to you.

The right combination of faults will cause a fire using the 20amp system fuse.

Dave - Thanks for the writeup on the Fuse Block. This explains Packard's logic on wiring the car. My '32 only has a single fuse.

Tim - Thanks for the suggestion about putting an in-line fuse in the circuit. All of the ash trays in my cars have candy in them. So giving up smoking is not going to be missed by me or the wife .

ADDED LATER: After looking at the Fuse Block and it's holder I understand how. why and where the wires connect and how it does work out. Sometimes I need to sleep on it before the light goes on.

Thanks to all who helped on this phase.