[TenTec] Scout AUX 13.8 Volt??

[Rick Williams]

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>I guess I must be missing something, Rick.  To what current level
>would they fuse the aux output for?

>It seems to me that the onus should be on whoever plugs whatever
>into the output to install proper fusing in the line.  After all,
>how can TT possibly know what you are going to plug in to the aux
>V output?  I'd just go to Radio Shack, get an inline fuse holder
>and a set of the appropriate sized fuses for the device.  The
>upside is that (1) the device is now fused, and (2) wherever else
>you plug that line for power for the device, the fuse is now
>there.

Well Dale  -- My last rig stated max output on the AUX circuit was 2
amps AND it was fused so you couldn't exceed it! Why specify a current
at all if it's only dependant on the wire size?  That aside it still
doesn't excuse the fact that the line is not switched with the Scout
power switch!

Rick


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