T&T: Fw: Battery Cable Sizes

[Larry N. Brown]

I'm a satisfied customer of Best Boat Wire, having bought $3000+ in wire, 
fuses and terminals from them in the last 3 years. Here're the fuses you 
need.

http://bestboatwire.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=100

Regards,

Larry & Teri Brown
MV Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck
Still glued to the dock in Covington, LA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Prichard" <wprichard@ascendmarine.com>
To: <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 2:29 PM
Subject: T&T: Battery Cable Sizes


> Snip: "And don't forget to get a properly sized fuse into every hot wire
> that doesn't crank the engine, per ABYC" suggestions.
>
> Mark and others, I wanted to follow up on the fuse for the hot wire in a
> house battery bank.  I am imagining a rating of 100-400 amps would be
> needed.  Blue Sea has these complete with a cover but they are about $50
> each.  You mentioned $5 in your post. Can you put us on to some sources 
> that
> are cheaper?  Also, should there be a fuse between every hot wire hooking
> batteries in parallel or just the wire leading directly to the main DC
> breaker? I think I also noticed a requirement for the fuse to be no more
> than 7 inches from the positive battery post.
>
> Thanks very much for your help.
>
> Wayne Prichard
> M/V Segue, Californian 43
> Knoxville, TN
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