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<blockquote data-quote="wew lad" data-source="post: 8712032" data-attributes="member: 665412"><p>Ground fuses can be very dangerous in certain situations due to the fact that they're tied into the chassis. Most people don't wire it in such a way where that's an issue, but if a ground fuse blows and another load is tied in, and it's not fused, or fused improperly, you're going to shove a ton of current through a wire not designed to handle it.</p><p></p><p>I've read stories of wires catching fire due to this.</p><p></p><p>This is the same reason why you need to wire your power leads from largest ampacity to smallest and fuse each step down in wire size along the way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wew lad, post: 8712032, member: 665412"] Ground fuses can be very dangerous in certain situations due to the fact that they're tied into the chassis. Most people don't wire it in such a way where that's an issue, but if a ground fuse blows and another load is tied in, and it's not fused, or fused improperly, you're going to shove a ton of current through a wire not designed to handle it. I've read stories of wires catching fire due to this. This is the same reason why you need to wire your power leads from largest ampacity to smallest and fuse each step down in wire size along the way. [/QUOTE]
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