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12V Cig lighter Oulet circuit/wire amperage?

jamesk

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Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2017
Boat Model
SX
Boat Length
21
2017 SX210.
Removed the 12volt cig lighter adapter from helm and tied those wires into my Garmin chartplotter couple years ago.
I want to add a USB charger port as well to that circuit/wires but don't want to overload it.
The Red and Black wires have some decent thickness. (14 or 16 ga guess?)
I know how to run a new wire from the batteries but don't want to go through that much trouble etc.
How can I tell or any opinion on what kind of load those wire/circuit will be ok with? Not sure what else is on the circuit etc.
Thanks!


Spec for my chart plotter.....


Power Input 9 to 18 Vdc

Typical current draw at 12 Vdc 0.8 A

Maximum current draw at 12 Vdc 1.25 A

Maximum power usage at 10 Vdc 15W


 
2017 SX210.
Removed the 12volt cig lighter adapter from helm and tied those wires into my Garmin chartplotter couple years ago.
I want to add a USB charger port as well to that circuit/wires but don't want to overload it.
The Red and Black wires have some decent thickness. (14 or 16 ga guess?)
I know how to run a new wire from the batteries but don't want to go through that much trouble etc.
How can I tell or any opinion on what kind of load those wire/circuit will be ok with? Not sure what else is on the circuit etc.
Thanks!


Spec for my chart plotter.....


Power Input 9 to 18 Vdc

Typical current draw at 12 Vdc 0.8 A

Maximum current draw at 12 Vdc 1.25 A

Maximum power usage at 10 Vdc 15W



Does your manual have a fuse schedule in it?
 
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