Originally Posted by
stevieturbo
Problem with a starter load.
It may draw say 200A, you use a fuse at say 250A....realistically it wont blow until 300A
You could have a small short of only a few amps which could cause that fire risk anyway. So there is a high chance the fuse wont really protect anyway. Now a good solid cut/short, then yes it would likely blow....or the battery itself.
Fuses dont work miracles, but yes they're better than nothing at all
I'll have a play about with it. I put an amp clamp on a sprinter and that was pulling about 200 on start up. I've seen the affects of shorted wiring at work twice now. An LF45 road sweeper the driver wired his own interior fan into. He left the wires draped across the foot well that caused the rubber floor to catch fire after shorting and melt the dash. And an older scanina that burnt out after the driver smelt burning under the dash lol