Inline fuse and Anderson Plug

Hi

I ran my HF direct from the radio to an anderson plug [for easy removal] and from there to a resettable circut breaker mounted close to the main battery.

An in line fuse would do the same thing but keep it as close to the battery as possible.



Cheers Teza

To a first approximation, if the cables that go to the Codan are not as thick as the main battery cables on your vehicle (the big fat ones from battery - to body and battery + to starter), then you need a fuse. Like Teza said, put the fuse as close to the battery as you can manage.

When any wire is carrying current, it heats up; smaller wires heat up faster. The idea is to stop the wire from getting so hot that it melts off its insulation and/or starts a fire. A properly sized fuse will blow before the wire gets hot enough to be dangerous.

Probably the reason the directions say to go right to the battery is that radio transmitters are notoriously "spiky" in current draw... they can be loafing along at half an amp and then you key the microphone and they jump up to 8 amps or more. If the radio is on the far end of lots of switches and relays and wire and stuff, there will be a lot of voltage drop and the radio won't work very well; it can actually affect how clear your transmissions are. Wiring direct to the battery avoids this. But you still should use a fuse.

Matt R.

When I got my NGT it had a great big MAXI fuse that came with it and about 6 metres of heavy cable to run it with special connectors on the end to connect to the black box.

Better check why it isnt there

It actually had a fuse like a house fuse that sat into two grooves in the housing Was a massive thing that had a screwhole in the bottom to mount it on the body near the battery.

Was in original box so I guess it was factory

Thanks all found the fuse it is massive the cable that came with the NGT is also substantial so thanks for all the responses guys.

Dave