Thread: Help needed on Routing Batt cable into cargo area.

Good to hear you got it resolved to your satisfaction and you will now find the set up a lot more convenient to use.

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Hi Vlad, this is my opinion and not based on any theory.

High current cables, I prefer to use circuit breakers mainly because it is easier and quicker to trip a circuit breaker as the cable used for high current applications allow much higher currents to flow through them during a short circuit event and this causes the circuit breaker to trip in a very short period of time.

I prefer fuses on low current circuits because most cabling used in modern vehicles is only just big enough to carry the current required of it.

With this type of cabling, a fuse is better because although it with take about the same time to go open circuit as a circuit breaker but ( and I only use auto resettable circuit breakers ) once the fuse is blown you have to replace it and hopefully look at what might have caused it to blow.

Also because of the low cost of fuses, it is economically feasible to install a fuse holder and fuse for each individual circuit and as such, you can tailor each individual circuit’s component structure for that circuits specific current requirement.

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