I have wired up our fish house and have wired all the "hot" wires to 20 amp fuses on a automotive type fuse box. All the ground wires will be hooked together then to the neg. battery pole.
What I am concerned most about is crossed polarity(I.E. neg. to pos) when hooking up the wires to the battery in the dark, or just while not paying attention. On our last house a radio was fried this way.
So my question is this:
Will the fuses on the "hot" wires be enough protection, or should I also put an inline fuse on the ground wire in case of a backwards hook-up?
If the ground wire is inadvertantly connected to the positive battery terminal will this cause damage to the componants or do both have to be hooked up to cause damage?
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Big Dave2
I have wired up our fish house and have wired all the "hot" wires to 20 amp fuses on a automotive type fuse box. All the ground wires will be hooked together then to the neg. battery pole.
What I am concerned most about is crossed polarity(I.E. neg. to pos) when hooking up the wires to the battery in the dark, or just while not paying attention. On our last house a radio was fried this way.
So my question is this:
Will the fuses on the "hot" wires be enough protection, or should I also put an inline fuse on the ground wire in case of a backwards hook-up?
If the ground wire is inadvertantly connected to the positive battery terminal will this cause damage to the componants or do both have to be hooked up to cause damage?
Are 20 amp fuses sufficient?
Thank you
Dave
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