Fuse for trunk battery

[badazz81z28]

Got the thermal breaker installed, mocked up rather…initial test was good. Started the car and no issues. Now time to mount it and wire it with the 2ga and do more testing .

[badazz81z28]

Well, the 200amp has been working flawlessly so far. Even cranked it over a little more than normal today and still issue free. Thermal is the way to go…considering people are saying a 300 AMP breaker would pop for others.

[srode]

Nice installation job, looks great.

[rallystyle]

I have started to look into this as well. with everything needing to hook directly to the battery. looking at the list of things that say they need to go to the battery

starter / alt
body harness -fuse block or pdm
stereo amplifier
holley ecu
vintage air
vaporworx controller

i looked at what the oem is doing and i see the 6th gen camaro and the c7 corvette or using a z fuse type of set up. stuff like gm 23173653, gm 84081785. the only thing i see about them is that they are not individual replaceable if you have a problem.
i found littelfuse 0FHZ0005Z or FHZ00863.
any thoughts on this or other suggestions? is there anything that is on the list that does not need to go directly to the battery?

[Steve68]

Your worried to much about chafing

securing the wires with the correct clamps, tucked and routed out of the way, sharp edge protection, using Teflon tape or wrapping, even the wire split covering is adequate,

I worked on the Space Shuttle wiring for years and we didn't worry about it that much, we did the necessary precautions, and were mindful of were and how the wires and harness were routed, I have also built rockets and worked on satellites and missiles, I build Executive jets now, it's about protection, correct routing and should I say common sense, dangerous term now days,

[thedugan]

Well I'm another one now doing this.. Makes sense to have it with all that we have into our cars. Can't tell in the picture where you wired the vaporworx controller to. If you have any more pictures please post.
Thxs
Doug

[ULTM8Z]

Your worried to much about chafing

securing the wires with the correct clamps, tucked and routed out of the way, sharp edge protection, using Teflon tape or wrapping, even the wire split covering is adequate,

I worked on the Space Shuttle wiring for years and we didn't worry about it that much, we did the necessary precautions, and were mindful of were and how the wires and harness were routed, I have also built rockets and worked on satellites and missiles, I build Executive jets now, it's about protection, correct routing and should I say common sense, dangerous term now days,

Exactly. Make a failure essentially non-credible, with good routing practices, double insulation where necessary, heat shielding where necessary, etc.

The only thing I did was put in a starter solenoid at the battery so the overall cable running the length of the car is only live during starting. If I get into an accident or something, then at least that can't cause the short either.

[badazz81z28]

I’ve worked on military aircraft my whole adult life and I can tell you even with the best routing and best protection, the vibrations, bumps etc can cause the slightest issue. I don’t mind replacing a burned wire harness, burned up component or fuse box on something that ain’t mine…but the car has too much into it to take that chance or beat the odds.


Btw, my vaporwork controller is right behind the breaker.

[AUTODYNAMICS]

This is what I did

[Y-TRY]

I like how you arranged your double breakers, but I can’t figure out if/how you have them bridged. Is the bottom one just open for now?

[AUTODYNAMICS]

Bottom at the time of this picture the break it wasn’t populated yet

[Cdog]

Anyone using this solid state switch from race wire? They advertise the sheeit out of my FB. 30% off right now. 2 or 300 amp?

https://racewiresolutions.godaddysit...ill-switch-kit