Starter Motor Amperage

[BobWrinkle]

I have just run 1/0 gauge cable from boot to engine bay, now i want to hook it up to a terminal block.

I have a stinger 250Amp fuse in a spiffy fuse holder. This would work well as long as the starter wont ask for more the 250A, otherwise i will just put a solid bit of metal or some 1/0 gauge in place of the fuse.

How many Amps can the starter draw?

 

[Entaran]

Not as many as 250. I think the highest spike I ever recorded was 174

 

[BobWrinkle]

Score

Cheers mate

 

[bazeng]

usually the starter motor gets full current direct from the battery..
try and wire it before the fuse

 

[BobWrinkle]

My plan is to use the fuse to connect eveyrhting to the battery.

But if 250amps isn't enough i will replace the fuse with a sold metal bar.

 

[bazeng]

whats the purpose for the fuse anyway?
are you not going to have a fuse individually for the other stuff???

a 250amp fuse isn't really going to blow on anything.. 250 amps is a huge amount! no shorting of a light globe will blow that i think...

i have a 100 amp circuit breaker for my starter motor and it doesn't break!..

overkill dude.. waste of cash...
what are you gonna do with the old fuses?

 

[BobWrinkle]

It came with my Stinger cable pack. So why not use it

Its there it looks spiffy and it can act as a terminal block.