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And this is why I run a 300A Niehoff 12/24 for my (4x) 6TAGM system. In interest of redundancy when off-grid I prefer to keep the four battery system. If I lose a battery I can reconfigure to two. Can't get 24v from a single so the 2x system has no available redundancy.
Sometimes you don't want the operators or even the field techs to pop in another fuse or bypass the fuse easily. The AIH is very high current draw and a malfunction down stream from the PPD/LBCD could easily cause a fire. When that link burns through the techs will have to go into the TM and...
That's a fusible link. It is designed that way on purpose to burn through if the rated amperage draw of the heater exceeds it's rating. A "fusible link" is simply a section of wire that is intentionally several wire gauges smaller to contain the failure to a specific location. It's just like the...