Herbie
Rendezvous Conspirator
I'm hoping someone here can point me to a very small fuse holder or something similar that will be unobtrusive to install. Preferably something I can mount? My google-**** is failing me...
I've got a nice tidy installation with a Blue Sea fuse block right now, so I'm loathe to go back to using crimp-on inline fuse holders for my next project.
I'm about to install a volt meter and switch into an unused space in my van. Primarily I want it for easy checks on the house battery, but I figure I would also like to use it to check solar panel output, as I'm trying to get a sense of how often I need to relocate the panel throughout the day, etc. The place where the charge controller, battery, etc. are mounted is "accessible", but it's tucked back in a corner, and I'm getting tired of trying to reach in there with a portable volt meter.
The meter/switch will be ~5-6ft of (small gauge) cable length away from everything else, so I feel compelled to put a fuse on those lines. The battery side is easy, I have a low-amperage circuit on the BlueSea specifically for house lights, etc. that I can tack onto. For the PV panel voltage, though, I don't have an easy solution.
I'm currently running directly from panel to the Morningstar controller without a fuse. With the addition of the small-gauge wire, I'd need a secondary fuse anyhow, as any fuse for the 8-gauge wiring from the panel would be useless for the 22g stuff I'll run to the meter.
Worst case, I can just tap a mini ATC holder inline off the terminal at the controller, but that will make it harder to secure the wiring and is ugly as sin.
So I'm looking for a small, mountable one-terminal mini-ATC holder, and not finding it... the smallest I've found is 4-terminal, which is way overkill.
Secondary thought: I've got unused terminals in my BlueSea 5025 block - is there any way to isolate one terminal from the positive bus to feed it separately and use it as a standalone holder?
I've got a nice tidy installation with a Blue Sea fuse block right now, so I'm loathe to go back to using crimp-on inline fuse holders for my next project.
I'm about to install a volt meter and switch into an unused space in my van. Primarily I want it for easy checks on the house battery, but I figure I would also like to use it to check solar panel output, as I'm trying to get a sense of how often I need to relocate the panel throughout the day, etc. The place where the charge controller, battery, etc. are mounted is "accessible", but it's tucked back in a corner, and I'm getting tired of trying to reach in there with a portable volt meter.
The meter/switch will be ~5-6ft of (small gauge) cable length away from everything else, so I feel compelled to put a fuse on those lines. The battery side is easy, I have a low-amperage circuit on the BlueSea specifically for house lights, etc. that I can tack onto. For the PV panel voltage, though, I don't have an easy solution.
I'm currently running directly from panel to the Morningstar controller without a fuse. With the addition of the small-gauge wire, I'd need a secondary fuse anyhow, as any fuse for the 8-gauge wiring from the panel would be useless for the 22g stuff I'll run to the meter.
Worst case, I can just tap a mini ATC holder inline off the terminal at the controller, but that will make it harder to secure the wiring and is ugly as sin.
So I'm looking for a small, mountable one-terminal mini-ATC holder, and not finding it... the smallest I've found is 4-terminal, which is way overkill.
Secondary thought: I've got unused terminals in my BlueSea 5025 block - is there any way to isolate one terminal from the positive bus to feed it separately and use it as a standalone holder?
