What size wire for aux fuse panel

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by Striper80

I'm not really sure what the draw is going to be. So far its going to have my GPS, fish finder, VHF and wash down pump. All my lights, tabs, and other things are on the factory panel. The previous owner had it all on the lug that feeds the factory panel.

Aside from looking at the manuals, I would guesstimate 5 amps each (gps/ff is less, VHF about 5 and wash down could be more depending on size)

not familiar with your setup but you might be able to feed the new panel from the factory panel. You have an existing fuse panel and a -Neg bus? Are they connected to the battery with 8 or 10 wire?

You're adding a fuse panel or a switch&fuse panel?
I feed my blue seas 6 switch panel from my fuse panel thru a 15 amp fuse. runs all lights,horn, 2 gps/ff, bilge pump. the feed wire is the wire that came on the switch panel (12 gauge I think). My VHF feeds from my main panel as does my 12volt accessory socket(for plugging in spotlight)

[Striper80]

I just looked at the oem wire and it looks to be 10 gauge. The oem fuze panel from my Striper looks like 12. I'll prob just pull another 10 wire so I have room for more stuff, after I hook up my blue seas add a battery set up. For now I'm just trying to clean up the shoddy work from the PO. So far I've found speaker wire hooked up to the wash down pump and a wire nut on the bilge pump wire.
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