fuse in the battery compartment?
One last issue with my solar install: The controller manual says the fuse needs to be no more than six inches from the battery terminal. That would locate it inside the battery box under the steps...
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Dusty R wrote:
Fuse location depends on what it is protecting.
In this case it is protecting the wire.
In other cases it could be protecting a motor, so then you want the fuse close to the motor, which could be at the end of a wire a long ways from the source, battery or main panel. So here you would have 2 fuses, one at the panel and the other at the motor.
Dusty
The second fuse in your example is unnecessary. A single fuse at the source (panel) will protect the motor EXACTLY the same as one near the motor, and also protect the wire.
