Battery relocation question: The sequel

[vince@performancecarstereo.com (Vince Royer)]

Get a nice big Car Stereo fuse holder.  Once you get up over 60 amps, you
should go to either a ANL fuse or a MAXI fuse.  Phoenix Gold makes good
fuseholders for both types.  I used a 200 amp ANL slowblow fuse on a 1/0
cable.  The retail price of these things is pretty high but margin is big so
you should be able to convince somebody to give you a decent deal.  Beware
of the cheapo stuff, they use really inferior metal inside and coat them in
a gold finish.  I have broken several of these and found that the metal
inside looks dry and poudery - like carbon dust or something.  We put a
phoenix one in the vise and couldn't break it with anything.

You could also use a circuit breaker which may be around the same price.
This would also function as a pretty good on/off kill switch for your
battery.  Just be careful for cheapos here too because you don't want this
failing.  The circuit breaker will have 2 nice posts with nuts so you can
attach any ring terminal.

Vince



> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Marc Scirocco Québec
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:33 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: RE: Battery relocation question: The sequel
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> For safety reasons, the fuse has to go as close as possible to
> the + side of
> the battery. As far as fuse size goes, it depends on which wire gauge you
> will be using.
>
> Marc
> '83 Scirocco
> '88 Scirocco Slegato
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]De la part de Julie Macfarlane
> Envoyé : 12 mars, 2003 15:24
> À : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Objet : Battery relocation question: The sequel
>
>
> What and where should fuses go if the battery is relocated?
> Where could I get a 100a fuse for example?
>
> Just spicing up a boring day in front of a computer  :)
>
>
> Julie Macfarlane
> Menlo Park Research & Development
> Internet Application Developer
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> Amsterdam NY
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