| The
previous owner just ran a small wire with a BIG ring lug
to the battery terminal to get unswitched 12V
power. After making other
battery power upgrades, I decided to "do it
right". I've added heavy gage wire (#8) from
the battery to a 70A fuse right in the battery
box. From the "output" side of the fuse,
I put a combination buss-bar & fuse panel for the
unswitched 12V loads (bilge pump, bilge high water
alarm, and battery monitor power), each with an
appropriately sized traditional fuse. I also ran
another #8 wire from the 70A fuse "output"
along side the switched main power cables from the
battery compartment to another buss-bar & fuse panel
positioned behind the main electrical switch
panel. And again, any power from that panel passes
through an appropriately sized traditional fuse.
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Mark Elkin,
#133 Yorkshire Rose
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