Lights, Blown fuse, asked many times I'm sure

[bifferd]

DID YOU SAY AIRHORNS lol can we see?

[Lakedrunk]

Originally Posted by bifferd

thats about 9 amps dc at 12 volts iv have six of them on my cart no problem i only run 4 at a time but i have the fuse set up for 20 amps and a 12 guage wire feeding them , i also have a fuse block , so the lights, radio, etc all have there own fuse, and the fuse block even has its own fuse to protect its wire right of the battery..

well, I'll try a 20 amp fuse first then and see what happens. The wire I had laying around was 18 gauge, so I'm good there. If I decide to mount anything else on the cart I'll figure out a fuse block (I'm electrical illiterate!!!) I am thinking of adding a air horn I picked up in the philippines (Jeepney horn)

[DOOmsman]

They are just a set of $40.00 plastic horns from pep boys.

[Lakedrunk]

Originally Posted by bifferd

DID YOU SAY AIRHORNS lol can we see?

I was thinking the same thing when I read that!

[DOOmsman]

Originally Posted by Lakedrunk

well, I'll try a 20 amp fuse first then and see what happens. The wire I had laying around was 18 gauge, so I'm good there. If I decide to mount anything else on the cart I'll figure out a fuse block (I'm electrical illiterate!!!) I am thinking of adding a air horn I picked up in the philippines (Jeepney horn)

18 is small and a 20amp fuse will make it burn like a dynomite fuse if it shorts.

[bifferd]

yes airhorns are good at the campsite...lol

[Lakedrunk]

Originally Posted by DOOmsman

18 is small and a 20amp fuse will make it burn like a dynomite fuse if it shorts.

I did meantion I'm electrical illiterate didn't I?

So to be safe and have no problems later should I go buy some different wire and re-wire it again?

[DOOmsman]

Originally Posted by Lakedrunk

I did meantion I'm electrical illiterate didn't I?

So to be safe and have no problems later should I go buy some different wire and re-wire it again?

I hate to say that and make you rewire but 18 on a 20 amp is light.

[DOOmsman]

Electric is easy if you think its just like water, if there is a pipe in there is a pipe out.
In is + out is -.

[Flintrock]

Originally Posted by DOOmsman

I hate to say that and make you rewire but 18 on a 20 amp is light.

You shouldn't need more than a 10 amp fuse. Dooms is right though, 18 is too light. Look at the chart at the bottom of that diagram, it will tell you what guage to run. That shoud fix your problem the correct way.