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The 12V socket on the ASI1600MM-C is strictly for TEC power, and camera electronics run just fine off the USB connection power. The TEC used is rated at 2 amps. If you wish to fuse the TEC power go ahead, but most 12V supply leads like the cigar type have a 10amp fuse in them already. My camera runs fine at 100% cooling settings for hours at a time, and it will only draw what the TEC can use, even if connected to a 100 AH battery, just like the small unfused 12v fan i use as an exhaust fan in my observatory. As long as you never reverse polarity to your TEC ( which turns it into a heater) it will be fine.
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