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	The fuse protects your airplane bus from a malfunctioning alternator with shortened diodes, also, the wire is unfused hot from the battery side when the master relay is on. The fuse should be within the first inches of the master relay but because of its size, most people put the fuse on the firewall. If you have a EarthX battery, a full short anywhere along the thick hot wires will be detected anyway and the battery will go offline.		The fuse protects your airplane bus from a malfunctioning alternator with shortened diodes, also, the wire is unfused hot from the battery side when the master relay is on. The fuse should be within the first inches of the master relay but because of its size, most people put the fuse on the firewall. If you have an EarthX battery, a full short anywhere along the thick hot wires will be detected anyway and the battery will go offline.

	* You need an ANL fuse holder, e.g. from [https://www.steinair.com/product/anl-fuse-limiter-block/ Steinair], for each alternator.		* You need an ANL fuse holder, e.g. from [https://www.steinair.com/product/anl-fuse-limiter-block/ Steinair], for each alternator.