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I must be missing something?
My panel has been protected by a 50 amp fuse for years. My inverter is protected off the 150 amp breaker along with the windlass and hf radioand 12 volt dc panel. what I am replacing is the battery selector switch that hasn't had separate wires from both battery banks for years so no worries about any fried diodes The engine alternators are protected separate from the 12 volt dc panel. I am protecting the 12 volt panel with lighting and electronic loads with the 50 amp breaker located at the 12 volt panel.
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- Battery selector switch idea.
- Safety switch?
- Can you relocate your switch?
- As Brian and others have suggested, proper disconnect is really the way to go.
- I must be missing something?
- You had a disconnect 1-both-2 or off?
- You should, beyond a fuse, be able to kill the power delivered from the batteries to ALL devices downstream
- SG thank you for your input
- All devices... what about bilge pump?
- A fuse that is above the cockpit sole would be a good idea.
- Gene, I would install a switch and a fuse
- Alarm and counter too...
- Yes, definately an alarm. When things are going
- In the end, not much will save you if the 'hole' is beyond an inch or so.
- In the end, not much will save you if the 'hole' is beyond an inch or so.
- I look at a counter as a necessity
- Yes, definately an alarm. When things are going
- Alarm and counter too...
- You had a disconnect 1-both-2 or off?
- boat is a Coast 34
- I must be missing something?
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