I know this particular thing has been done around here, but unfortunately it seems most of the supporting imagery has been brushed off the interwebz thanks to a particularly greedy photo hosting site, so I need just some clarification.
Anyway, this is relation to getting rid of the spaghetti of fusible links coming off the starter solenoid and tidying that up into an Aero fuse box.
So, my question pertains to adequately fusing each circuit. Poking around 87gtVIC's build thread, he mentioned the rule of thumb for the fusible link was to use one four gauges smaller than the size of the wire to be protected. Ergo, a 16 gauge link would protect a 12 gauge wire.
I used this chart to get an idea for the max current each wire gauge could carry:
Using the above example, that 12 gauge wire should be able to carry 45 amps max. The 16 gauge fuse link used to protect it should only be able to carry 25 amps max before blowing, correct? Using that logic, if I used a fuse in place of the 16 gauge fusible link, I would use a 25 amp fuse, correct? I'm just trying to get reasonable figures drawn up so I'm not blowing fuses at random while also not burning down the car.
Anyway, this is relation to getting rid of the spaghetti of fusible links coming off the starter solenoid and tidying that up into an Aero fuse box.
So, my question pertains to adequately fusing each circuit. Poking around 87gtVIC's build thread, he mentioned the rule of thumb for the fusible link was to use one four gauges smaller than the size of the wire to be protected. Ergo, a 16 gauge link would protect a 12 gauge wire.
I used this chart to get an idea for the max current each wire gauge could carry:
Using the above example, that 12 gauge wire should be able to carry 45 amps max. The 16 gauge fuse link used to protect it should only be able to carry 25 amps max before blowing, correct? Using that logic, if I used a fuse in place of the 16 gauge fusible link, I would use a 25 amp fuse, correct? I'm just trying to get reasonable figures drawn up so I'm not blowing fuses at random while also not burning down the car.
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