Samlexpower PST-1500-12 Owner's manual - Section 8 |
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can flow from the battery to the point of shorting and that section of the wire will be-
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cause injury. To prevent occurrence of hazardous conditions under short circuit condi-
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WARNING!
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provide safety against fire hazard due to accidental short circuit in the battery
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blow if there is a short circuit along the length of wires connecting the battery
and the inverter.
Recommended Sizes of Wires and External Fuses
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input fuses based on the following considerations:
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and wiring in free air have been considered
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termined by the total cross-sectional area of the conductor. NOTE: Because there are
also small gaps between the strands, stranded wire with higher number of strands
will always have a slightly larger overall diameter than a solid wire / wire with lesser
number of strands with the same AWG.
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are the distances between the battery and the inverter. The running length of routing
of the wire should be considered if the wiring run is not straight but circuitous.
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