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Howdy, y'all, new member here. I'm making a new engine harness from scratch and I'm a bit confused by how much current capacity I need my truck's wiring harness to have. Based on the fuse ratings, it needs to be able to handle 210A but that doesn't make sense to me because that would be about 7 10AWG wires and, from what I could tell, the older wiring harness only had about 3 10AWG wires. I haven't been able to find any information to explain this large difference in current capacity and I'm wondering if I'm missing something obvious. The fuses are listed below with the fuse ratings given by the truck's fuse box. If someone could set me straight, I would greatly appreciate it.

ItemTypeCurrent (A)Hot When
Stop/Hazard LampsFuse15All Times
Power Door LocksFuse30All Times
Horn; Cigar LighterFuse30All Times
Turn Lamps; Backup LampsFuse15Accy
A/C-HeaterFuse30Accy
HeadlightsFuse15Accy
Power WindowsFuse30Accy
IGNBreaker10All Times
FUELBreaker5All Times
STARTBreaker30All Times
 
Wiring sizes are not same as a house, in the UK where I live we seem to select wire sizes depending on use not fuse size, but since we use different class for wire size, can't help with US wire guages.
 

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