Rowland,
I used standard large blade automotive fuses in my installation, with no
ill effects. Auto store has them with the fuse holder and #10 wire
attached.
Jeff - Baby Blue
Rowland Carson wrote:
>
> The wiring diagram for the Europa Rotax installation shows 2 off 30A
> slo-blo fuses, in the battery & alternator lines to the main busbar.
>
> What hardware have UK builders used to realise these fuses? And where
> did you get it?
>
> All the fuses I've found readily available are automotive blade fuses
> which all seem to be fast-blow.
>
> There are also industrial cartridge fuses (10mm x 38mm) which will fit
> the inline fuseholders available from Halfords (Autoleads AGU part #
> G2-30-H) but neither these nor the ones supllied in the Autoleads
> holders indicate the speed of blowing.
>
> ANL type current limiters sound nice but (a) are difficult to get in UK
> and (b) the minimum size is 35A. Pete Smoothy at Airworld says he can
> get 40A ones from B&C. But a 40A ANL is maybe too loose to protect 10AWG
> wires?
>
> And how important is it anyway to fit slow-blow as opposed to fast-blow
> in these positions?
>
> Opinions, part numbers, suppliers details, all welcome!
>
> regards
>
> Rowland
>
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