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<blockquote data-quote="maintenanceguy" data-source="post: 488345" data-attributes="member: 24227"><p>Depends on how much current (amps) everything on your fuse box draws.</p><p></p><p>You can use any size wire you want, as long as the fuse at the battery is sized properly to protect the wire. But...if that wire and fuse from the battery isn't big enough to power everything on the fuse panel, you'll constantly blow that fuse.</p><p></p><p>Add up your loads to figure out the total amp draw of the fuse box and look up a wire ampacity table to size your wire. Size your battery fuse to the ampacity of that wire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maintenanceguy, post: 488345, member: 24227"] Depends on how much current (amps) everything on your fuse box draws. You can use any size wire you want, as long as the fuse at the battery is sized properly to protect the wire. But...if that wire and fuse from the battery isn't big enough to power everything on the fuse panel, you'll constantly blow that fuse. Add up your loads to figure out the total amp draw of the fuse box and look up a wire ampacity table to size your wire. Size your battery fuse to the ampacity of that wire. [/QUOTE]
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