PhotonSailor
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Hi All,
Am building a 400 Watt Solar Package w/ Alternator Charging using Will's DIY Solar Blueprints. I also have his book, Mobile Solar Power Made Easy.
Have some confusion regarding the use of a 250 amp circuit breaker and a 250 amp fuse.
If you look at the diagrams/images at https://www.mobile-solarpower.com/simplified-400-watt-fewer-wires-and-alternator-charging.html, you will notice that it illustrates the use of a circuit breaker going to the "Solar Battery Positive" but here is no mention of a fuse going to the Solar Battery Positive. Also, if you scroll down the page to the section "Required fuses, fuse blocks, bus bars and Circuit breakers:", it shows a "Battery Bank To Inverter/Fuse Block Main Fuse". Then if you read the book, "Mobile Solar Power Made Easy" there is no mention of a circuit breaker, just a fuse attached to the positive terminal.
So my question is,
if I already have a 250 circuit breaker going to the "Solar Battery Positive" as illustrated on the diagram do I still need a 250 fuse?
I am guessing that I do not but want to make sure.
Thanks for any help!
Am building a 400 Watt Solar Package w/ Alternator Charging using Will's DIY Solar Blueprints. I also have his book, Mobile Solar Power Made Easy.
Have some confusion regarding the use of a 250 amp circuit breaker and a 250 amp fuse.
If you look at the diagrams/images at https://www.mobile-solarpower.com/simplified-400-watt-fewer-wires-and-alternator-charging.html, you will notice that it illustrates the use of a circuit breaker going to the "Solar Battery Positive" but here is no mention of a fuse going to the Solar Battery Positive. Also, if you scroll down the page to the section "Required fuses, fuse blocks, bus bars and Circuit breakers:", it shows a "Battery Bank To Inverter/Fuse Block Main Fuse". Then if you read the book, "Mobile Solar Power Made Easy" there is no mention of a circuit breaker, just a fuse attached to the positive terminal.
So my question is,
if I already have a 250 circuit breaker going to the "Solar Battery Positive" as illustrated on the diagram do I still need a 250 fuse?
I am guessing that I do not but want to make sure.
Thanks for any help!