Quick wiring question

Wakeboarder11 · 08-02-2007, 08:43 PM

Okay i hard wired my radar detector into my car where the dome lights are. There is no fuse in the setup so i have an inline fuse connector i can use? Here is my question. What size fuse should i use? I have an escort 8500 x50. Im guessing 7.5 or 15 amps. can someone please answer? thanks.

-Tyler

4dr_bob · 08-02-2007, 09:48 PM

5A should be plenty. 15A is way too big. If the new fuse has a higher rating than the fuse on the circuit you are tapping into, the fuse on the dome light circuit will blow before the radar detector fuse ever blows.

08-02-2007, 08:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Wakeboarder11 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Yorba Linda, CA Age: 19 Posts: 1,015 Tyler iTrader: 4 / 100%	Quick wiring question Okay i hard wired my radar detector into my car where the dome lights are. There is no fuse in the setup so i have an inline fuse connector i can use? Here is my question. What size fuse should i use? I have an escort 8500 x50. Im guessing 7.5 or 15 amps. can someone please answer? thanks. -Tyler

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08-02-2007, 09:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
4dr_bob Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 129 iTrader: 0 / 0%	5A should be plenty. 15A is way too big. If the new fuse has a higher rating than the fuse on the circuit you are tapping into, the fuse on the dome light circuit will blow before the radar detector fuse ever blows.