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04-02-2011, 05:13 PM | #1 |
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circuit breakers vs fuse panel
Looking at some marine rocker switches I got to thinking, why do I have to put in a fuse block for all my accessories, why not just wire to a circuit breaker on each rock switch? The marine industry has some nice rocker switch panels with an individual circuit breaker located below each rocker. Everything is water proof, I don't have to mount a fuse panel.
Seems like a no brainer sooooo, what am I missing? BTW, running a dedicated 12V accessory battery for lights, stereo, lighter receptacle, dome light, and other "stuff" I haven't thought of yet but it will hit me when I have everything else done and have to go back and add Appreciate any thoughts from the elec gurus since I am challenge in that area (along with many other areas) Corky |
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04-02-2011, 07:34 PM | #2 | |
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Re: circuit breakers vs fuse panel
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I have a 20 amp for a power outlet on the dash (12 V Aux), a 15 amp for "accessories" such as radio and dash meters (combined only a couple amps), and another 15 amp for the headlights that was supplied by the manufacturer as part of a harness with the light kit for an EZ-GO..... More than that is wastefull and overkill. |
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04-03-2011, 06:30 AM | #3 |
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Re: circuit breakers vs fuse panel
so if I have 5 different circuits, I thought I should have 5 fuses or breakers. Either way, 3, 4 , 5 I need to find a place to put the protection.
Under the seat requires more wire from a fuse panel to dash switch(s) than say running 2 heavy wires (10 ga) from the 12V battery(with in-line fuse) to the dash rocker panel with individual rocker switch circuit breakers is my thought right now. Just seems simple so I am guessing I've overlooked something. |
04-03-2011, 07:25 AM | #4 | |
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04-03-2011, 07:40 AM | #5 |
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Re: circuit breakers vs fuse panel
OK I just re-read Todo's post. He is pulling several circuits off of one fuse in his fuse panel. So all of his circuits are protected, just in a more efficient way. You can correlate "over protecting" with the "tooth fairy" and "under protecting" with "paying taxes"...one is real and one not so much.
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04-03-2011, 08:08 AM | #6 |
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Re: circuit breakers vs fuse panel
I have three of these connected to my 12 v aux battery as I described above. You biggest draw will likely be the headlights unless you're one of those guys that's going to install a 200 watt stereo system.
Everything else draws just a couple of amps apiece. We don't have all the stuff that a car has that would require fusing; no power doorlocks, heater fans, defroster, cooling fans, igniton system and fuel injection components, etc..... http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...ier=32420_0_0_ |
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