Macerater pump electric lines
Getting a macerater pump for Christmas! Anybody permanently run wires to near their tank dump valves? I’m looking at doing so, either direct from the battery or from the 12VDC power panel. I’m big...
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Bobbo wrote:SoundGuy wrote:Bobbo wrote:
I ran 10g wire from the battery + and - terminals. I fused the + wire at 20 amps.
The OP hasn't specified just which macerator he's getting but if it's the popular FloJet waste macerator the line feeding it power doesn't need to be separately fused as there's a 20 amp fuse in the macerator's switch handle.
True, but I never run a long wire from the battery to anywhere without fusing it at the battery end.
Good practice. I'd bet a short in a 20' wire connected to battery would be a smoking, melting mess.
I started using these type of fuses to connect to battery terminals. They accept a 5/16" bolt so a user can bolt the fuse to a battery terminal and use a 5/16" ring terminal with a bolt in the other end of the fuse to connect the (+) wire.
