enblethen wrote:
The in rush for a starter could be far more then run amperage.
The fuse for a motor whould be rated somehwere around 300 percent.
Yes, on most circuits it is a good idea to fuse them according to load, but not always wire size. (Wire sizes can be increased to account for voltage drop.
You may want to carry some spares!
DrewE wrote:enblethen wrote:
There should be no fuse in the cable going to the genset.
It sure seems to me there should be a (large) fuse in the line near the battery to it to protect against fire in case that wire should short out to the chassis. The only possible exception I could see would be if the battery and generator were immediately adjacent and the wire were very short.
The starter lead for the generator on my motorhome is protected by the battery main fuse, and it was wired that way from the factory.
enblethen wrote:
There should be no fuse in the cable going to the genset.
