Well my fix didn't last long!
I popped the fuse this morning! luckily I bought two so I replaced it and started doing some testing
After starting I noticed my fuse was pretty warm and staying warm while running and checking voltage either side of the fuse I had a drop of about .04V not sure on the amps!
As a result I think the fuse is cheap and crap but upon more checking I also think I had a poor earth to the engine.
I also thought I had a poor connection from the battery to the starter so the cable was removed and inspected.
I removed the clamp on the battery end of the cable and the wire had a fair bit of corrosion.
I decided to make a new connector between the battery and cable from some copper pipe and do away with the fuse as after all there is a lot of cars that don't have this fuse fitted.
I also removed the earth on the engine and cleaned it up and attached it to one of the starter motor bolts.
As a result the car now spins over much better.
So I reckon I was right in that I had two issues here one being a bad earth and the other a bad connection on the battery cable causing a large draw.
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