Teleman wrote:
otrfun wrote:
Teleman wrote:
I put circuit breakers on both sides of the charger too. I'm pretty confident I won't have any trouble.
Circuit breakers and fuses are very imprecise devices. A batch of 60a breakers/fuses of the same type, from the same manufacturer, may open at 70a, 85a, or even higher. It's wishful thinking to assume a 60a breaker/fuse is going to open at 61a. Breakers/fuses are primarily designed to protect in the event of a short or massive overload condition. They don't have the precision necessary to effectively protect an alternator or battery from all over-current conditions.
BTW, the Redarc instruction manual (pg 10) states it does not recommend the use of self-resetting circuit breakers. They recommend the use of low-resistance MIDI fuses.
They are not self resetting.
The "self-resetting" comment was more for general consumption. However, I do believe Redarc's recommendation to use MIDI fuses might be something you may want to consider (vs. using circuit breakers).
