Fuse Links

I made the decision to bring my AUX shunt inside the cabin co-located with my AUX fuse panel. As a reminder, I decided to shunt my AUX current draw. My main AMPerage draw will be read from my main bus via the VPX Pro.

The install manual directs you to put a fuse link on the shunt to GEA24 connection. I decided to burn up 6 inches of 26AWG and was surprised by the amount of smoke (and smell). Rather than create a fuse link out of lighter gauge wire, I decided to put in an inline fuse.

I ordered some 1A axial fuses from Digi-Key. The part number was F2313-ND:

 I soldered this onto some 22AWG wire in a crossing pattern to bulk up and protect the leads on the fuse. Then used some clear heat shrink to protect everything.

I made a couple of these and connected them direct to the + and - of a 11v battery. They blow pretty quickly and do not even give off any noticeable heat in the process. I am going to give this a go and hopefully they do not randomly blow all of the time.