Page 1-1 of the Paragon II manual says "If a storage battery is used to power the transceiver, we recommend the use of a seperate 25 AMP fuse in line with the power Cables." Jim W7ANF -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/tentecfaq.htm Submissions: tentec@contesting.com Administrative requests: tentec-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-tentec@contesting.com Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm