Yeah...that's why Cobalt didn't install fuses.
Have you ever even used an ACR? There are many ACRs out there that say nothing about putting in fuses.
Out of curiosity, what do you think you are actually protecting with the fuses? Do you have fuses on your battery to starter cable?
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Over 30 years as an EE including electric vehicles and automotive electronics...used to work for GM
let me say, I had a feeling you were an electrician...doesn't surprise me one bit what you are saying. Had to fix more than one electrician's goof ups.
And yes, the thread was hijacked back on...
And you missed the point entirely. The point is if you have a fault and you have a short circuit in the wiring feeding the lamp within that cord plugged into the outlet, even if it has a 16awg wire feeding it, it will still blow the 20A or 15A circuit breaker without the rest of the wiring melting.
No it doesn't...thankfully a 16 AWG wire can tolerate 22A before it fails.
It's also why the ground wire of 240V and other circuits doesn't have to be the same size as the conductors. It just has to be big enough to not melt before the circuit breaker trips.
BTW...EE here...your background?
LOL....then what happens when your lamp with 16AWG wire into a 20A circuit?
BTW, I never said you wire your house with a wire that is below the code required wire size for a certain amp circuit. I am talking about the unfused loads you plug into outlets.
Another BTW, you increase wire sizes...
And that's why I always make branch circuits able to handle the current of a dead short. For example, with a 15A circuit, a 16 AWG wire can handle 22A. You wouldn't use that size wire for the main circuit since you would really want to use 14AWG because of voltage drops if you were pulling 15A...
Volvo uses a circuit breaker from a wire that attaches to the starter solenoid. They do that instead of the Merc fuse that was done awhile ago. I don't believe my new Mercruiser does that fuse anymore. In fact, on my Mercruiser, they wire up the ignition and fuel injection straight from the...
The sad thing is, most schools actually lose money sending their schools to these smaller bowls so it's not really a money maker for the schools. That's why you don't hear many schools chiming in to replace some of these covid cancellations.
That's actually not how it works. For example, a home 120V circuit's amperage is determined by the wire size. When you wire up a home circuit you could have a 1A device attached to it or a 20A device attached to it. You don't know. Typically, if the device attached to the circuit needs it's own...
My 2017 Cobalt came with the Blue Sea ACR. The ACR is connected at the battery switch. The leads from the switch to the ACR are less than a foot each. No fuses. There is no ground metal near the switch or the ACR.
The battery cables that come up to the switch are 2/0. I will have to look to see...
A 26' trailer would not be fine. A trailer for a 28' pontoon will be at least 32' long.
Even if you meant a trailer for a 26' pontoon, that would also not be fine. 2 feet hanging off the back would mean you would have little to no tongue weight.
