M-C branch plugs: Legal? Safe? [RE-wrenches]

[Drake Chamberlin]

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At 08:50 AM 2/4/2008, you wrote:
>Specifically, if one plug-parallels three Kyocera 135's (with, say, one
>30 amp breaker to protect the trio from the 12v battery side), is that
>hazardous?

The series fuse is to protect the modules from back feed.  I don't 
know how much back feed would be required to start a fire.  In the 
"old days" we never used series fuses, and I've seen a lot of older 
systems without them.   I wouldn't hook up a module without one now.

Drake  


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