Installing 50 amp fuse

[7lazy77]

I am in the process of installing a 50 amp fuse & need a little help installing it. I know that it needs to be installed withing 6 inches of the battery, but there is a copper-colored terminal & a silver-colored terminal on the fuse. Does anybody have a diagram (or can explain in detail) how to wire in the manual fuse?

 

[Grub54891]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

What brand of fuse?,can you show a pic of it or a link if ya bought it online?

 

[7lazy77]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

It is a Seachoice Marine Manual Boat Breaker. Seachoice 50A Manual Reset Circuit Breaker

 

[Don S]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

Should have been instruction in or on the package as to which terminal was load and which line. Or possibly marked on the breaker itself.

 

[7lazy77]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

No instructions were included in the package.

 

[glenn property of pam]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

one side had "BAT" written next to the post?

 

[Don S]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

Is that what is shown below? Man you have good eyes.

 

[7lazy77]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

Yes.....it has BAT on one side & AUX(?) on the other.

 

[Don S]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

AUX would be what ever it is you want to run off of that breaker. Trolling motor, fuse panel, switch panel, doesn't matter.
Bat goes to the battery, Aux goes to the load (whatever it is).

 

[Thalasso]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

Is that what is shown below? Man you have good eyes.

View attachment 193864

He probably isn't as old as you:lol::lolbetter eye sight)

 

[7lazy77]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

Think I got it. Thanks

 

[UncleWillie]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

Ok that is sorted out!

For reference, Typically, the more positive terminal (Batt) is the darker colored of the two, (Copper)
and the more Negative Terminal (Load) is the lighter colored (Plated).

Having said all that;
Does anyone want to posit a reason why it would make any difference which way a two terminal Circuit Breaker was wired?
I am all for being Anal, but this is like installing a fuse backwards!


I think Glen is Clairvoyant.
Nothing I can do to the photo will make anything legible appear.

 

[glenn property of pam]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

weird i can see it and i havent got my reading glasses on. If i click on you pic so it gets larger i can not see it

 

[UncleWillie]

Re: Installing 50 amp fuse

The power of the Human Image Interpretation Computer. AKA the Brain.

If I stare at it for a half minute I can see it.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it! Cool!