Blue Sea Systems Class T Fuse Blocks

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The lithium jump starter is going to be made as small as possible, sufficient to deliver cold cranking amps. Maybe 600A into 8V for a 12V starter? So that might be 1800A into a short. I doubt it is 10's of thousands, but I haven't worked with lithium. If it could do 10's of thousands, I think a smaller cheaper battery would have been used, still able to turn the car engine over. Time-delay: A fuse in which the burnout action depends on the time it takes for the overcurrent heat to build up in the fuse and melt the fuse element.

The characteristics and certification of the fuses are usually defined on the fuse label. UL and CSA are the most common fuse certifications used in North America. The fuse label may provide information on the applicable AC or DC voltage, the maximum current rating, and other information such as “interrupting rating”, “current limiting”, “time-delay” and “fast-acting”. The definitions of these specifications are explained below. Interrupting rating: Interrupting rating is the current that a fuse, circuit breaker, or other electrical apparatus is able to interrupt without being destroyed or causing an electric arc with unacceptable duration. Remember an ANL IP rated fuse has an AIC of 6000A and a Class-T non IP fuse has a 20,000A interrupt rating.. If you have a gasoline powered vessel, which requires ignition protected devices, consider this when engineering the over current protection for your LFP system..

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For motor and general purpose circuits where space is not critical, we recommend POWR-PRO™ JTD_ID Indicator series, LLNRK/LLSRK series, or FLSR_ID Indicator series.

Circuits having relatively low levels of available short circuit current, Industrial and commercial applications having frequent outages where a renewable type fuse is desiredDC circuits, All general purpose circuits, Motors, Transformers, Solenoids, Fluorescent lighting, All system components with high in-rush currents Fast-Acting — Provides fast-acting overload protection to equipment such as variable speed drives, rectifiers and other equipment containing surge-sensitive components. This last point is where a class T fuse shines. A class T fuse has the ability to reliably break a extremely high ampere current. Much higher than MRBF or ANL fuses. It is my understanding that this is much more important with lithium batteries because of the low resistance, a lithium battery can pour so much current into a short. With lead acid battery banks, ANL, MRBF, and Class T fuses are all permitted for main battery protection by the ABYC (US marine code), but with lithium's much greater ability to supply current, a fuse with a very high AIC becomes much more useful (or even mandatory--i'm not sure about this). In this photo we can see the battery bank and the red 2/0 wire feeding the Class-T fuse holder. At a bare minimum you want to be using Class-T fuses as your main bank protection for an LFP bank. Fused combination motor controllers to provide IEC Type 2 (“No Damage”) motor branch circuit short-circuit and ground fault protection, Motor control centers, Transformer protection, Protection for UL Listed series rated molded case circuit breaker panels, General purpose circuits — mains, feeders and branch circuits — especially when space is limited

Current limiting design greatly reduces damage to equipment caused by heating and magnetic effects of short circuit currents.When sizing the fuse, the most common calculation method is to multiply the continuous load/feed current of a branch by 1.25, and use the closest rated fuse that is greater than your result. However, there are exceptions to this calculation method.