Thread: Connecting power via Central Fuse Panel

Originally Posted by BradC

Also make sure the fuse tap can handle the current. Just because the source can do 40A doesn't mean you can whack 2 20A fuses in an add-a-fuse and have it last.
I've used a few of them, and not one I've looked at I'd trust over a gross 5A total. The contacts are too light/thin and it'd end up as a pile of bubbling plastic.

Exactly. Like I said, the thing was overloaded.

Thanks for explaining that Cameron. I hadn’t heard about them and I found that YouTube link quite educational.