Jeff wrote:

Is your setup different?

Yes, because of the age of the breakers, I didn't trust them. Changes in
function and wiring over the years had left some of the breakers too large
for the loads. Time, money, and access issues made rebuilding the panel
impractical so I added a fuse block to protect the wiring and relegated the
panel to just switching function with the breakers as last ditch backup.

It's not a bad arrangement, actually. The smallest fuse that won't blow
without reason is best and it's a lot easier to experiment with different
fuse than swap out breaker in a older panel where everything is bolted
together.

So, I'm trying to do something slightly non-standard in that most boats have
either a breaker panel or fuses and hoping someone who has taken a close
look at the Blue Sea panels out of the package will answer.

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Roger Long