Thread: My Civic modding thread (2000 Civic Dx Coupe)
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Old 08-31-2016, 10:53 PM   #112 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pletby View Post
What sort of amperage fuse will I need for my remote located battery? I should have put that in some time ago but life got in the way. It is a safety issue though so I need to address it.

All electrical loads will pass through this fuse so I don't want it to blow upon startup. I'm making a wild guess at 130 amps. I'll see what I can find for current draw on a Civic starter, that should be my highest load.

I'm looking at getting an ANL inline fuse that the stereo crowd uses, they don't seem expensive.
The 1996-1998 Honda FSM rates thestarter motor at 1.0kw or 1.2kw (depending on which you have, I guess. Assuming 12.8 voltage, an ohm's law calculation suggests 78-94 amps, a couple amps higher draw with 12.5 voltage assumed.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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