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Offline h2smokin

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How to pick fuse size for fuse box accessories?
« on: December 02, 2012, 05:33:02 PM »
How do you determine which size fuse to use for accessories when you start hooking into your fusebox?
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Offline Jim M.

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Re: How to pick fuse size for fuse box accessories?
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2012, 06:03:15 PM »
 Fusing mainly depends on the wire size, amperage and voltage. This may be helpful-

http://www.oznium.com/forum/topic15761


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Offline Leo

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Re: How to pick fuse size for fuse box accessories?
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2012, 07:46:27 PM »
Some of that depends on if you are protecting the circuit or if you are protecting the device.  I size the fuse to the device the next size but never more than the power the thinest wire will carry.  Having an Amp metter helps alot.   For example, if I wired a 5 amp piece of equipment, I would find a 6 amp fuse, even though the number 14 wire will carry more than that.
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Offline McJunkie

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Re: How to pick fuse size for fuse box accessories?
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2012, 05:13:40 AM »
watts divided by volts = amps
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