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Old 05-09-2019, 12:16 PM   #27
Fishsizzle
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Originally Posted by cookinwitdiesel View Post
You are mixing AC and DC power components. Breakers are normally used with AC. Fuses with DC. If you want to interrupt a DC circuit you want a switch. DC usually operates at much lower voltage (eg 12vDC) vs AC voltage (120/240v). Due to this, 100a DC is not the same as 100a AC. About 1/10th of the power.
Sorry, I don’t mean to be confusing, but these are called circuit breakers as well, for DC

This is what I’m referring to, again sorry if I’m confusing
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