Fuse Amperage??? for a fuse beween the battery and the car.

[Jim Green]

--- Marc Swanson <mswanson at sonitrol.net> wrote:
> > I relocated the battery to right behind the front
> seats, and have a cable,
> > with the positive,  going to a kill switch,
> throught the fire wall, and
> > finally connected to the orignal cables where the
> battery used to be.
> >
> > I just realize that in an accident the cable that
> goes from the battery to the
> > kill switch could break causing a constant short
> (fire hazard). The kill
> > switch, once not engaged, would prevent a short at
> the engine, but not at the
> > back.
> >
> > So,  what do you recommend for a fuse in the
> battery box? (amperage, type,
> > where to get it).
>
>
> On my 4ktq I was worried about this too (battery is
> mounted in the
> trunk) so I went to radioshack and bought a small
> rectangular shaped
> plastic project box.  Then I went to a FLAPS and
> bought a 2 gauge 2'
> battery lead with the clamp style connection on one
> end and the lug
> style on the other and a 175 amp fuse.
>
> I then drilled a hole in the side of the project box
> for a bolt to go
> from inside the box through one end of the fuse then
> through the project
> box.  This is my new positive "battery post" that I
> connect the big fat
> cable running to the engine bay to.  The other end
> of the fuse (inside
> the project box) I bolted to the spade end of the 2'
> battery lead which
> I ran through another hole drilled in the end of the
> project box.  This
> then bolted to the battery.  The whole project box
> was then bolted
> inside my battery box just above the battery so
> everything is self
> contained.  The nice thing about this setup is that
> everything connected
> to the battery is now protected by the 175 amp fuse.

I'm pretty sure that's what size I'm running.  I had a
110 amp in there, and blew it one day when I tried to
start the car when in gear, duh.  No problems with the
175.  Also check out custom car stereo stores if you
want something a little more flashy in the way of fuse
holders.

HTH

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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