I need to clarify a few statements. The more I look at my drawings again, the more I'm remembering.
PowerMaster also said they didn't like a fuse in the starter circuit because of the voltage drop. If you look
at my drawing, there is no fuse for the starter. The 200 amp fuse protects the alternator. My comments
about the current vs time to blow a fuse would still be true. No matter what you are protecting, you would
want to consider those parameters when sizing the fuse to be used.
About where you put the fuse ...... Closer to the battery is correct, but if you have a short before the fuse
(between battery and fuse), then you are bypassing the fuse and not protected. But if the short is after the
fuse, then the current flows thru the fuse and it blows .... saving the car.
Now next time I have to remember not to let my mouth run, before it checks in with my brain.