Fusing & Termination Voltage Drop

[Ward H]

I've been reading through Maine Sail's articles on his Marine How To site for a while.
I read the article on battery fuse sizing a couple of times and that along with Maine's posts about it finally drove home the idea about choosing the fuse size for wire size, not device. (there are a few exceptions noted in Maine's fuse size article.)

Then this past weekend I came upon this article.
https://marinehowto.com/fusing-termination-voltage-drop/

I had somehow missed it so I'm posting this in case others have not seen it.

 

[Whatfiero1]

You're title reminds me of my old 23' had the old round glass fuses and no matter what I spray on them they get corroded and I'd loose voltage. I'd spin in holder to get what ever it was on when I needed like the marine radio

 

[Ward H]

Yeah, those glass fuses in in-line holders were a PIA.
Which makes me think, are the ATO/ATC blade fuses have tin plated blades. I wonder if they are more corrosion resistant than the old glass fuse ends? thought I think it was the cheap springs which rusted easily.

 

[LeslieTroyer]

I agree the glass fuses probably depend more on the holder design than the ATO/ATC holders. Adoption of the blade style is almost universal so can’t be too bad. I’ve never had to rotate a blade fuse which can’t be said for the glass fuses or crappy VW style fuses.

Mahalo