Topic: Battery Circuit Breakers

Battery Circuit Breakers

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December 31, 2009 at 11:52 pm #466108

dblplasabre
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What size is the battery circuit breaker? Any advantage to have an automatic reset compared to the manual ones? Also I noticed on the parts page that you offer different size breakers, which one would be suggested for a 2008 Sabre with all options on board?

January 1, 2010 at 1:31 am #466109

billius
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My CougarFTD has a 20 amp breaker on the cranking battery and 50amp on the trolling motor batteries. I always have some spares on hand. I had to replace a couple on my ’06CougarFTD and had to replace them 4-5 times on my Baycat. Even with vaseline on them they wouldn’t handle the salt water.

January 1, 2010 at 3:31 am #466110

conan1.basscatowners
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I had to replace one on my trolling motor batteries. Some one had put a 40 amp and it kept tripping when I ran it on high for any length of time. The first time it happened, I had to open up the back while on the water to figure out what was wrong. I replaced them both with 50 amp auto reset and recommend them. I’ve ran my 82# MG wide open for 10-15 min and they haven’t tripped at all but I like the convenience of not having to open up the back to reset if they did trip.

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January 1, 2010 at 4:35 am #466111

Bass Cat Boats
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BCB does not suggest or recommend auto rest breakers. The 40 Amp breaker should be enough on new trollers, though once they age some they tend to pull a little more amperage.

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January 1, 2010 at 10:30 pm #466112

fishmagnet
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I decided to replace every breaker I could find in my bilge compartment whilst chasing down potentail problems with my BP101 digi-dash (’01 P-III).

When I went to unscrew the nuts off the breaker terminal posts, they crumbled into pieces as if they’d been buried underground for 400 yrs!

January 1, 2010 at 10:38 pm #466113

Bass Cat Boats
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Power runs through these in a varying corrosive environment. These are no different than the electrical posts on your car, which are not always subject to humid conditions that exist in your bilge. The climate there eats electrical parts at a varying pace, and more aggressively in salt water.

January 1, 2010 at 11:01 pm #466114

conan1.basscatowners
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Bass Cat Boats wrote:

BCB does not suggest or recommend auto rest breakers. The 40 Amp breaker should be enough on new trollers, though once they age some they tend to pull a little more amperage.

BCB Admin.

I’m confused. I got my replacements from BassCat off of your accessory page. Aren’t they auto reset? At least I thought they were. The older I get the more confused I get. There doesn’t seem to be any cure for it either.
Ed

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January 2, 2018 at 12:23 pm #466116

conan1.basscatowners
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I’ll have to check that out. I’ve just not had any problem with them since I replaced them. They looked like the ones I took out and I just had to wait for them to cool off in order to take off again. If so , forget my first post. lol Thanks

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January 10, 2018 at 11:05 pm #466115

dblplasabre
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Conan1, I beleive on the side of the circuit breaker there should be a black button that you can push in to reset.

January 2, 2019 at 9:41 pm #466117

Bass Cat Boats
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I have a 1990 Caracal and want to replace the 5 circuit breakers on the dash. Does anyone know how many amps they are??
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