Chescold fuse
Submitted: Monday, May 16, 2011 at 08:30
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Joshuah
G'day everyone.
I noticed after buying a pre-loved Chescold 50l fridge that the plug gets hot on 12volt. Upon reading some posts on this site about Chescold fridge wiring, I replaced the 12 volt plug and socket and hard-wired heavy copper cable to as close as the 12 volt element to an external Anderson plug.
I am about to fit a an Anderson plug to the battery side but have stalled at the fuse. The fuse holders I have are rated to 30Amp, though the wire they come with are not much bigger than that wires I replaced, so using these with a 15 amp fuse will just give me the resistance I was trying to eliminate in the first place. How do I get around this? I suppose a 15 amp fuse will get hot with 10 amp running through it, but can I minimise this wastage? Are there alternatives? I have a 30-amp bar fuse, but I'm thinking this is too big...
Thanks.
Joshua.