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Unread 06-11-2009, 09:43 PM
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Hey J no sweat man.

You could also just grab a 10A fuse as well. If it's gonna go it's gonna go either fuse. If it does blow it's always a short so it won't matter if it's a 2-10 or 15 even. The only time I've ever had a fuse blow was because of a wire in the headlight assembly. The bullet style connectors have a clear rubber surround on them to insulate them and one of them wiggled away and exposed a wire which grounded and caused the short.

Anyhow the huge ground straps are overkill. You could just use a 10 or 12 gauge wire and that would be plenty thick. I just like the way the new ground strap looked, it came with the ends already on it and it was cheap. You should get a assortment of butt connectors and wire ends from Harbor Freight or somewhere. It's always nice to have them on hand and the heat shrink tubing makes things look super nice. Heat shrink is cheap and a heat gun from Harbor Freight is $10! I use mine all the time.

Anyhow have fun and let us know how it goes chief.
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