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Sehc

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  1. I am familiar with the Mr Buddy heaters and have used one. They have a small pilot flame that reduces even smaller in low oxygen to shut down the heater. I had a catalytic heater in my class b. It was by Coleman and had a fan. Got nice and warm. Started it in am and huddled over it before coffee. But the windows had to be open. The condensation was unbelievable. 2018 I installed a Suburban RV vented furnace. Set the thermostat, stay warm all night. AM kick the thermostat up and relax with my coffee. The last two winters were much happier.

  2. If the cables from the panel to controller are sized to handle over the dead short output of the panel, no fuse is needed. Victron specks breakers on the positive and negative to enable disconnect of the panels from controller. With MPPT controller, it is important that the panels are not connected to the controller without the battery bank being connected. A heavy duty switch could handle that with less voltage drop.

    With my former suggestions of wire awg, I was thinking with my 12 volt brain. 48 volt can use smaller wires with less voltage drop.  Fuses protect wires. :)

  3. Three batteries. Three 4awg cables to one bus bar. Three separate 175 amp fuses. One 4awg from the bus bar to load. Dead short in last 4awg could pull 525 amps from the bank. 4awg can not handle that.  I use marine grade wire so my ampere ratings could be different than yours. Marine wire is rated at 205 degree Celsius. I would have 150 amp fuses at each battery and another 150 amp fuse at the other side of the bus bar.  

    As breakers. The DC "interrupt capacity" is the rating you want to know. Remember a shorted battery can have tens of thousands amperes for a short time and weld the contacts in a breaker.  Blue Sea, known for their quality, only have DC Breakers up to 200 amps.

    The panel to controller usually doesn't need fusing. There are exceptions with more than 3 panels in parallel. But a switch is good to have if needing to disconnect batteries or controller for any reason. . 

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