I'm going to put a inline automotive fuse on the brake wire of Difalco (tired of hooking up wrong and frying the brake pot). What amp fuse should I use?
What amp fuse?
#1
Posted 18 February 2014 - 08:51 PM
#2
Posted 18 February 2014 - 09:49 PM
Doesn't your controller have Difalco's resettable fuse? Mine does. And it works very well, as I have found out.
10 amp will be plenty.
I am not a doctor, but I played one as a child with the girl next door.
#3
Posted 18 February 2014 - 11:14 PM
There is no real amp load in braking mode, so a minimal fuse is needed. The brake pots are only rated at a couple of amps.
Larry D. Kelley, MA
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#4
Posted 20 February 2014 - 11:28 AM
I use a ten amp on my brake circuits and a fifteen on my transistors. In the past Dan used other value fuses for the same circuits.. I don't know anything about Difaco so I won't try to tell you what to use. I jsut posted the values I use as a suggestion where to start .
Be carefull you don't use too high an amperage on the fuse, you can over watt the circuit and fry something without popping the fuse.
John Andersen
DR Racing Products