Installation - Battery Fuse 400A ? 1/0 Cables?

Hi Folks

Just a quick question on the charging side regarding suggested battery fuse and cable size.

This is in an in-place inverter upgrade on an RV using a MPII with a maximum charger output of 120A and the suggested cable size seems to be dual 1/0 cables (ie, two positives and two negatives). Along with that, they suggest using a 400A fuse (!!).

I’m using (4) Trojan T-105 batteries in a series/parallel configuration so the end voltage is 12v. According to Trojan, max charging rate should be set to 60A, which I’ve done. The existing fuse is 200A, and I can’t, for the life of me, see that blowing. But it brings to mind why Victron would specify a 400A fuse even when the charger can only put out 120A at the best of times. It seems they want a LOT of over-capacity for that fuse.

Either way, I’m charging 58A max through the existing 200A fuse. Is this OK, in your mind? It seems to be oversized almost by a factor of 4, which seems to be what Victron wants with a 120A charger and a 400A fuse.

On the cabling side, Victron seems to want dual 1/0 cables on each terminal. I have single 2/0 cables, on the order of 2 or 3 feet in length. This is apparently a much larger cable than 1/0 and the length of run is very short. That should be OK too?

I suspect I’m worried about nothing, but just wanted to check in case I’m off base.

Fuse is 125-150 % times more then maximum charge or decharge current.

The Multiplus that charges at 120A is rated to deliver peak power of above 3000kW, so if the voltage at the MP sags to 11V that is close to 300A hence the 400A fuse. The wires are so large to keep voltage drop low and to avoid excessive ripple current. Why question the manufacturers information, they know the product in detail.

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