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    Posted: 21 May 2018 at 2:40pm
Under the cabin, just as the wiring first coming to from the battery, there is this connection.

I'm not thinking fuse, maybe a surge protect? Really would like to know..

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2018 at 3:29pm
I don't think I've seen that particular one, but there are an extra couple of wires that come off the battery and go to the solar panel connector.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2018 at 3:37pm
Consensus on my other forum believes it's a auto resetting fuse. I looked them up and sure enough, very similar. Just another place to check when power goes down... Great!

At least I now know they're there..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2018 at 5:44pm
My guess is a distribution block. Good place to connect different loads.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 May 2018 at 10:53am
I was wondering what that was too Olddawgsrule. If it is an auto-resetting fuse, any idea what the rating of the fuses are? Which website did you find something similar on?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 May 2018 at 1:44am
As far as I know, there is no such thing as an auto-resetting fuse. An auto-resetting circuit breaker maybe, but not a fuse (stands for fusible link) which the nature of which is to melt apart if the load is too great or there is a short. The copper strip looks more like it is simply bridging  two terminal blocks.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 May 2018 at 8:18am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resettable_fuse

US Army uses them in many vehicles..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 May 2018 at 12:19pm
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 May 2018 at 12:20pm
It did!!! Does say breaker, yet searched under fuse. Any hints (as I've been ask) what size??

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 May 2018 at 12:26pm
The picture in question does not resemble any of the "resettable fuses/breakers"  pictured in the Wikipedia or Google search articles. I still say it is most likely a bridge between two blocks.
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