Fuses protect wiring. Equipment should be fused to match the power handling level of the leads that supply it. For a 100 watt mobile, I would choose 10ga wire (unless the leads needed to be quite long) and fuse it at 30amps.
73 Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "hfd_firefighter" >I have one that came with a 15 amp fuse that blows whenever I apply more >than 5 watts drive. I suspect that the fuse should be around 20 - 40 amps >as the power supply requirement is 25 amps. Anyone know the proper fuse >rating for this amp? What is a typical rating for a 100 watt mobile >transmitter? I wanted to change the fuse to something larger to see if I >can get rated power out, I'm running at 30 watts now with 3 watts drive and >the 15 amp fuse. Thanks in advance Jim WA1SOT. >
