Which is why when I saw these during my re-wiring project I didn’t hesitate to 
order them. I replaced all my awkwardly mounted fuses (within seven inches!) 
and didn’t look back. Really, really smart device.

Cheers
Dave Godwin
1982 C&C 37 - Ronin
Reedville - Chesapeake Bay
Ronin’s Overdue Refit

On Feb 18, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Frederick G Street <[email protected]> wrote:

> More than a good idea, this is REQUIRED under ABYC standards, as well as just 
> common sense.  You must have a fuse within seven inches of any connection to 
> the positive side of a battery or DC bus (unless the wiring is protected in a 
> sheath, in which case you can go a bit further).  The fuse must be sized 
> appropriate to the current rating of the wire it’s protecting.  Note that 
> this has nothing to do with the device that the wire is conducting current to 
> (although the wire must be sized appropriate to provide current to that, as 
> well).
> 
> Fred Street -- Minneapolis
> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI   :^(
> 
> On Feb 18, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Marek Dziedzic <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 1. a good idea is to use  fuses directly connected to the battery post (or 
>> very close to). This way, anything you connect “directly” to the battery, is 
>> in fact already protected by a fuse.
> 
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