Fuses....where to buy from and where to put them

[Dez]

Hi All,
I am still new to this guys so tread lightly.

1. Can anyone tell me a good Australian supplier of fuse blocks??
2. I am considering sending data only from my controller (near the house) to the pixels (in the yard) and having a power supply at the pixels to power them. Where do you normally place fuses and based on a 12V system, what size should these fuses be?

 

[David_AVD]

Hi Dez,
I sell fused 8 way distro boards on the da-Share web site.

 

[Dez]

Hi Dez,
I sell fused 8 way distro boards on the da-Share web site.

Ok I will have a look

 

[Dez]

So does the attached drawing look right? Is this where you guys put fuses??

 

[David_AVD]

Yes, that looks fine.

 

[ezellner]

So does the attached drawing look right? Is this where you guys put fuses??

Usually, the controller has a fuse so you shouldn't need to add an extra one.

 

[David_AVD]

The fuse in the controller does little to protect the cabling between the power supply and the controller. That said, it the controller is very close to the power supply then I would not bother with one there either.