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I'm going to use a 10g fuse holder on the battery side. On the heater side, if the red wire is 14g or lower, then there is no added benefit for using a 10g fuse holder, right?

Thanks for the idea. I ordered a general tools wire gauge to determine the gauge according to this video

Does a 14g fuse holder drop more voltage than a 10g fuse holder? The appliances has an ECU ic inside. Does this require a fast acting type of fuse?

is there a way to estimate the gauge of a wire to know what size of connectors to use? I need to shorten the red wire and extend the wire to pump. For the extension i can use some barrier block that does not require connectors. But to shorten the red wire I'd like to use a butt splice terminal...

from the calculator a 12g and above should work. I'm going to use 10g wire that i bought.

The fuse is near the battery to protect the wire loom and battery in case of short circuit due to chafe. The heater's fuse does not work for this purpose. I mean the gauge of the fuse holder. they matched the 10g fuse holder with 40A fuse, 14g fuse holder with 15A fuse. if new circuit uses 10g...

I also want to add a fuse near the dc distribution box. does a fuse's gauge need to match the wire gauge? WM has an inline waterproof fuse holder, but it's compatible with 12-16g wires only. I didn't see a similar holder for 10g wires. does this 14g fuse work?

I want to source power from a dc distributing hub located on the portside. This hub is close to where the appliance (diesel heater) will be installed. This hub supplies power to the bow and stern thrusters. I have some ancor 10awg wires from amazon. The heat shrink terminals that I have are...

I got from John's video series Webasto uses 2x5mm hard nylon lines with 4mm rubber joiners Espar uses 2x4mm lines with 3.5 mm hoses I understood the espar and webasto here can be switched in letter. The rule is the rubber hose inside need to be a bit narrower than the plastic line So you...

the fuel hose in this application is rubber hose 5/32" (4mm) or 3.5mm, i didn't find a type A1 hose in this range

here is a video:

that unit looks like maintenance free. does it have an average service life?

Thanks for the decryption. Please send your photo of the tiller arm.

I have a Bauer 5.7A short throw random orbit da polisher, it has a 6 in backing plate that supports up to 8" hook and loop polishing pad. I learnt some common pads from your video link and this post but those are 9" pads, so I was looking for smaller like 6" pads.

does let the "gelcoat kick" = wait for ~5 minutes (for the gelcoat to set up) ? "...just use waxed gelcoat each time and start fresh without worrying about cleaning sprayer tips" -- I didn't get it. should it be "unwaxed" here? if waxed gelcoat make the tip difficult to clean, then it is...