The nanny state invading our sailboats. "...connections of less than 7 inches..." Really?
I don't see the need for fuses in the cables between the batteries and the selector switch. There is a difference between careful and paranoid. The U.S. coast guard inspected a friend of mine's sailboat, and among other things, told him that he was required to have nylon lock nuts on his lead battery post connectors. Good grief. Steve Thomas C&C27 MKIII Port Stanley, ON ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Goodyear via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: "Tim Goodyear" <timg...@gmail.com>; "syerd...@gmail.com" <syerd...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 08:42 Subject: Re: Stus-List Practical installation of ACR/VSR > Hi Dave, <snip> > > Under ABYC standards, connections of less than 7" do not need to be fuses, > neither do engine cranking circuits, but if you don't fuse other circuits you > are asking for insurance / survey trouble if things go wrong... Blue Sea > have a great on-battery fuse (MRBF) that you could mount directly on the > studs of the ACR without a lot of effort (and now required for your house > bank). You are protecting the wires, not the devices with these fuses, > preventing short circuit current from causing them to ignite, so if the ACR > wires are a different size than the battery cables you need different fuses. > > https://www.bluesea.com/products/5191/MRBF_Terminal_Fuse_Block_-_30_to_300A > > I hope that helps! > > Tim > > Tim Goodyear > Ex-35-3 >
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