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Fishfinder connection to fuse box....

I am in the final stages of installing a fishfinder on my boat. The Garmin instruction reads as follows:

It may be posible to wire the unit directly to an unused holder on your current fuse block. If you are using the boat's fuse block, remove the in-line fuse holder supplied with the unit. Then:

1- Install the red wire on the positive fuse holder 2- Install the black wire to the negative fuse holder 3- Install a 2-amp fuse in the fuse holder (fuse block only)

Simple enough except that... I do not seem to find a blade-type 2amp fuse! Does it even exist? I have gone to quite a few places and have seen everything in the 3amp to 30amp range but nothing (at least for blade-type which is what my fuse block uses) for 2amp...

Am I missing something or am I misreading the instructions??? Andre

 Melandre
Jun 13
2006
Stick a penny in it. No ..... seriously, just retain the supplied in-line Garmin fuse holder and fuse. Hook up the lead to whatever available fuse box location is available and stick a 3 amp fuse in the fuse box location. The wire Garmin supplies is capable of 3 amps over the short distance to the in-line 2 amp fuse holder in the event of a short, so the 3 amp fuse will blow.

RCE

www.eisboch.com

 RCE
Jun 13
   
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