“Soldering Iron” effect. A controller handling 100 watts can get pretty hot and not blow a fuse if the fault is a 9.99 amp fault and not a dead short. My solar wiring is only fused on the battery end, the controller itself has no fuse between it and the panel.
Joe Della Barba [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 6:01 PM To: Patrick Davin <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; PME <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List Fire aboard Not necessarily. Same as in a house, an arc fault (or conceptually similar) can ignite combustible materials at lower-than-protected current levels. Well secured wiring Protected from chafe is a really good idea. Dave. Sent from my iPad On Dec 6, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Patrick Davin <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: So it was a solar charge controller that started the electrical fire. Interesting since the list was just recently discussing solar panels (and I'm planning to do that project in the spring). Either the controller was faulty, overloaded, or improperly installed. Hard to speculate on which it was... but if it was properly fused and wires properly sized, shouldn't that haven't prevented a fire? -Patrick 1984 C&C LF 38 On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 12:05 PM, <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: From: Dreuge <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Cc: Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 12:13:21 -0500 Subject: Stus-List Fire aboard I recall a discussion a while back on the list about having fire blankets on board. At the time, I looked up a few fire blankets online, and I planned on getting one or two. After reading about yesterday’s Vendee Globe fire, I’m getting a few fire blankets today. Be sure to watch the video after you have read about the fire. http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/16841/fire-aboard-conrad-colman-s-boat - Paul E. 1981 C&C 38 Landfall S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/
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