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**Bill** · 08-05-2003, 07:18 AM

Trail Manor uses a cylindrical glass cartridge fuse and fuse holder. This really isn't capable of handling a 30-amp circuit reliably, and meltdowns are common. After mine melted, leaving me with an uncharged battery at the beginning of a three-day dry camping trip, I went to WalMart and bought an inline automotive-type fuse holder - the kind that takes the flat fuse with the two flat blades. Since I removed the cylindrical fuse holder and wired the new one in its place, no more meltdowns!

BTW, be sure you carry a couple spares for this fuse, as well as spares for the ones in the converter.

Bill

08-05-2003, 07:18 AM	#2
Bill Site Team Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The mountains of Scottsdale, AZ, and the beaches of Maine Posts: 10,119	Re:Battery 30amp Inline Fuse Trail Manor uses a cylindrical glass cartridge fuse and fuse holder. This really isn't capable of handling a 30-amp circuit reliably, and meltdowns are common. After mine melted, leaving me with an uncharged battery at the beginning of a three-day dry camping trip, I went to WalMart and bought an inline automotive-type fuse holder - the kind that takes the flat fuse with the two flat blades. Since I removed the cylindrical fuse holder and wired the new one in its place, no more meltdowns! BTW, be sure you carry a couple spares for this fuse, as well as spares for the ones in the converter. Bill