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wildtoad wrote:
To my way of thinking fuses/circuit breakers have two functions. One is to protect the device at the end of the wire from getting too much current and frying.
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mena661 wrote:roam1 wrote:Sorry I've been absent here but this seems like the most reasonable explanation for having a fuse. I don't have a fuse on the converter output. I do have one on the battery output but it's sized for the inverter load. I will say I'm still confused on the need for a catastrophic fuse cause I don't understand how a shorted battery can send current outside of the battery if there's no device to draw it. Can someone explain that one?
Depends on where the fuse is.
If its near the power source like the battery or the distribution panel, it is there to protect the wiring. That wiring may be supporting many devices, like lights, sensors, stereo......If it is near the device, like the small fuse near your radio, it is there to protect the device. Both are prudent!
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
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roam1 wrote:Sorry I've been absent here but this seems like the most reasonable explanation for having a fuse. I don't have a fuse on the converter output. I do have one on the battery output but it's sized for the inverter load. I will say I'm still confused on the need for a catastrophic fuse cause I don't understand how a shorted battery can send current outside of the battery if there's no device to draw it. Can someone explain that one?
Depends on where the fuse is.
If its near the power source like the battery or the distribution panel, it is there to protect the wiring. That wiring may be supporting many devices, like lights, sensors, stereo......If it is near the device, like the small fuse near your radio, it is there to protect the device. Both are prudent!
โJul-25-2013 07:15 AM
Pauljdav wrote:While working on my steps this winter I kept blowing 15 amp fuses to my ignition wire. After much searching using long wires and alligator clips I traced wire from the fuse box to the point of origin I never saw the problem until I opened my slide and found the wire had been caught by the slide mechanism and grounded to the frame. The mechanism was also rubbing on my house battery cable which could have had the same fate. I never would have thought about this as a problem until it happened to me.
No fuse and the worst thing that will happen?
Fire, The battery would put out enough amps to cause a fire if the wire shorted to the trailer frame.
โJul-25-2013 04:47 AM