On Sat, 01 May 2004 22:11:13 -0400, Cired wrote:

Thanks for the quick reply!

I have read somewhere before that the fuse closer to the battery is
better. My thoughts in the vhf installation is that since the batteries
are in the back of the boat, in an emergency and the boat starts taking
water is that fuse going to fail if submerged in water and kill my vhf
communication?. Thanks

The it's doubtful that the fuse would fail simply by becoming submerged.
If the battery is sealed, nothing will happen at all. If not, there might
be some degradation of battery voltage and capacity, but that won't blow a
fuse either. What everyone has told you is correct - the fuse belongs
close to the battery to protect both the wiring and the radio.
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Larry
email is rapp at lmr dot com