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Title: Car fuse holders
Post by: mandor on December 10, 2023, 02:21:19 pm
Where to get car style fuse holders? What I find online usualy come with short wires atached. Is there some fuse holders made to crimp or solder the wires on them?

So, I'm into ham radio. Because I wanto to be able to move around my radio, I'd like to have multiple DC power leads. At my workbench, my car, my station, whatever.
So I thought I have plenty of thick wire, why not make my own. But leads come with fuses. Sure you can buy leads, but can be dodgy cross section or expensive or I want them a bit shorter or longer.
Title: Re: Car fuse holders
Post by: madires on December 10, 2023, 03:48:47 pm
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- IMAXX H1295
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- IMAXX H7210
Title: Re: Car fuse holders
Post by: mandor on December 10, 2023, 05:14:19 pm
Something like this t.ly/eVQWh just without the wire?

This is what original cable looks like.
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/ico-opc-1457 (https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/ico-opc-1457)
Title: Re: Car fuse holders
Post by: Kim Christensen on December 10, 2023, 05:38:43 pm
Is this the kind of thing (https://www.ebay.com/itm/266422241884) you want?

There is also a chassis mount type.
 (https://www.sherco-auto.com/atcatm-stackable-fuse-panel.html)
Title: Re: Car fuse holders
Post by: TomWinTejas on December 11, 2023, 04:51:24 pm
What about something like this?  I just ordered one for a LED undercabinet lighting project I'm preparing to do.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805926606177.html (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805926606177.html)
Title: Re: Car fuse holders
Post by: mandor on December 12, 2023, 01:36:27 pm
Something like this would be eqivalent t.ly/Njfh3 but they all seem to have red wire which I would need to connect on both sides again. And why always red??

Then there is something like this t.ly/Yj-Je which I don't know how trustworthy is on current rating and reliability or how thick wire are they for.

Title: Re: Car fuse holders
Post by: Kim Christensen on December 12, 2023, 04:12:24 pm
Something like this would be eqivalent t.ly/Njfh3 but they all seem to have red wire which I would need to connect on both sides again. And why always red??

Probably because they are for automotive/cars where the fuse normally goes in the positive lead and rarely the negative. In most cars, red is the standard color for a positive power lead.
Title: Re: Car fuse holders
Post by: thm_w on December 12, 2023, 10:21:59 pm
Something like this would be eqivalent t.ly/Njfh3 but they all seem to have red wire which I would need to connect on both sides again. And why always red??

Probably because they are for automotive/cars where the fuse normally goes in the positive lead and rarely the negative. In most cars, red is the standard color for a positive power lead.

Makes sense. We buy these for positive and negative, and the supplier solves it by putting black heatshrink over the red wire.