Re: 12 volt electric problem

Jim wrote:


That 30A breaker surely wasn't meant to protect the battery or the short run 6ga wire. It does limit the inverter charger to 30A replenishing the battery, and to limit the combined drain from the battery to 30A. Each of the wires coming from the non battery side of the breaker should have it's own fuse or breaker. I don't think changing the breaker to 40A will present any safety problem. 20 ft of 6 ga would be permissible, source to load and back to source. Your run is much shorter so don't worry about it. BUT to be absolutely sure you're OK you should contact Sunnybrook engineering and get their blessing.
Jim



Thanks, Jim. I plan to do that on Monday. They weren't in on Saturday when I got around to playing with different breakers to see what would happen. Now that I have more info, I can ask them more intelligent questions.

Lon
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