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01-25-2013, 06:10 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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found scrap manual
it recommends 3 amp. unit is probably 4 -5 months old now , and i still don't have a fuse installed . like mentioned above , one more thing to go wrong . still debating on it . what i have used in past was something from pep boys. heavy duty mini bus fuse holder , that is pretty much water tight . marine grade. it runs about 4- 5 dollars . small investment , as opposed to something ugly happening like surging your unit . or worse the battery melting through the belly of the kayak.
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01-25-2013, 06:50 AM
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Daddeo
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: OC
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JUST DO IT!
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01-25-2013, 06:51 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Under a bridge
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Battery melting through your kayak......That never happens....ooops, it only happens to Frank.
 Marine Grade = longer period of time before it fails. 4 dollar item from Pep boys.....just how "marine grade" you think its gonna be? |
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01-25-2013, 07:04 AM
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im sick
at home these last couple days. are you guys playing hooky?
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01-25-2013, 10:55 AM
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Daddeo
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: OC
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Here's what you need if you want to do it right the first time:
http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...e-Power/Detail http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...ne-Fuse/Detail http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...ype-ATC/Detail 
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01-25-2013, 11:31 AM
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Emperor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Buena Park
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Use the fuse...If you do get a short you'll be sorry! Just make sure you check and maintain everything, like you should do anyway, especially electronics. No matter how unlikely you think a short is in your particular application, it's still possible and with no protection....you are risking burning a hole right thru your kayak....
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01-25-2013, 03:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
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thanks
i have that box already. the one thing i did not like about it was trying to connect your wires to it. you can easily strip the screws , which i did at least a couple times . that fuse holder is the bomb. i took matts advice and put back the one i got from pep boys and got the top of line one . it sucks doo doo . the top of it doesn't even stay closed . thats not gonna keep water out . my solder job and shrink tube job is ugly as sin , so i am not gonna take pictures .
 . the story of the battery melting in kayak can really happen or was it  ? i guess anything is possible . that would suck @$$ . amazingly i have continuity through connection . see you guys on water . 
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