Preview: Boat Wiring, Part 5 – Overcurrent Protection
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April 29, 2014
Email this Video to a FriendFire in a wire. This graphic presentation shows what can happen when too much juice flows through too small a wire and how the situation can be prevented with overcurrent protection. Even if your boat has little more than running lights or even just a bilge pump, you gotta see this one.
This video series concludes in Part 6 – The Two Battery System – Be sure to check it out.
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Gary Ingraham says:
Will the battery combiner system work with solar panels? I seem to recall from somewhere that solar panels didn’t put out enough charging current to make it operate correctly.
Stuart Carduner says:
Excellent tutorial!
Charles Rider says:
I am noticing different gauges of wire on the same circuit. It is very important that ALL wire and fittings on a circuit meet or exceed the rating of the breaker that feeds the circuit. It is fine to use oversize wire as I saw here (it keeps losses low) but never use #18 for any part of a 20A circuit.
Oliver Chisholm says:
When will part six be online?
Steve Stone says:
Hey Oliver. In a week or two. We’re chomping at the bit too.
jason thatcher says:
I had the unfortunate experience of smoking wires last season, and have yet to replace the electrical system.. that is priority number 1 before the boat goes into the water this spring ( whenever it may arrive!)
I had a new battery at the beginning of last season.. did the incident harm the battery in any way? is there a way to find that out?
I like the idea of circuit breakers, but my understanding is that the lines also need to be fused within a very short distance of the battery, before they even make it to the breaker panel. Perhaps this will be covered in the next installment? thanks.. jt