Cicuit Protection.... Help Please

[Marsh Mayhem]

First I would like to thank everyone for such a great site. I am a member of many forums and have never seen such a group of helpful and knowledgable folks.

I have been lurking for a few months now mainly just reading of many great builds. I am very impressed and after reading so many great threads i decided to do my own build. I will post it in a few weeks when i'm done.

Now to the point. If this has been posted before I apologize ahead of time, i searched and searched and could not find a specific answer to my question.

So, if I want to put 4 seperate LED lights on one circuit and each light needs a 1.5 amp fuse protection do i need to put one, 1.5 amp fuse for the entire circuit or do i add up all 4 lights for a total of a 6 amp fuse? Or do i need to wire this differently? Any advice is very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[lefty]

Trailer or boat?
If its going on the trailer... your trucks tow vehicle should have a fused dedicated to trailer lights.
If its on your boat... I'd wire them all in the same circuit and slap a 5amp in there and go with it.

 

[TheMaestro]

+1

 

[JMichael]

Are you saying that the recommended fuse to use with the lights is a 1.5 amp or that each light draws 1.5 amp? That's going to be the determining factor for what size fuse you need.

 

[Marsh Mayhem]

I apologize again for not being more clear.

These are cabin lights for the inside of my boat.

I don't know what they draw but each light recommends a 1.5 amp fuse.