Thanks Jeff and Phil, seems I must've done something wrong, or maybe I broke
it when I opened it up to look see.
Btw, nothing was hooked up when the fuses blew.
I'll try the meter.
Thanks again,
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam]On
Behalf Of Jeff Crilly
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:46 AM
To: The Astronomy Connection
Subject: Re: [TAC] Keep blowing fuses...how to hook up deep cycle?
Assuming there is nothing plugged into the two outlet box...
Your two outlet box has a short in it somewhere. Maybe when you soldered it
up.
Do you have a multimeter? Put it in continuity mode (the setting that looks
like a diode "--|<--") and test for a short.
No relay is needed.
--- Chris <forehaven@No-Spam> wrote:
> I know batteries are a touchy topic here, but this is more "HOW"? ;)
>
> Bought a Sears Deep Cycle Battery, and a two outlet box that's designed to
> be hooked up to an under the dash power supply apparantly. I also bought
a
> set of 10Amp copper clamps that I soldered onto the outlets wire (along w/
a
> 10A inline fuse that came with the outlet box).
>
> Obviously I know little about this...but I keep blowing fuses when I clamp
> onto the battery terminals. I thought it's a simple plug N play. Nope.
Do
> I need a relay or something?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Chris
>
>
>
Received on Thu Oct 6 00:36:13 2005