120A fuse for SAE-1200?

[muddin wolvy 10+ year member]

I bought some used 0awg wire which came with a 120a fuse. Will that be big enough for my amp? The amp itself has 5 30amp fuses.

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[Boomintempo 10+ year member]

I'm gonna have to say, you'd want at least a 150 amp fuse at the battery...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/hitbybrick.gif.68a672fae224041f00769a97c2c1bf2d.gif

If you use a 120 amp fuse at the battery, and your amp needs 150...what do you think is going to happen to that 120 at the battery? POP! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

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And what zero gauge wire did you buy that came with a 120 amp fuse? I don't think I've ever seen that before. Are you sure it's not like 4 gauge or something?

 

[Mattd0344 10+ year member]

I bought some used 0awg wire which came with a 120a fuse. Will that be big enough for my amp? The amp itself has 5 30amp fuses.

If that's all you have, just run it. If it blows..get a new one that's rated higher

 

[muddin wolvy 10+ year member]

I'm gonna have to say, you'd want at least a 150 amp fuse at the battery...
If you use a 120 amp fuse at the battery, and your amp needs 150...what do you think is going to happen to that 120 at the battery? POP!

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And what zero gauge wire did you buy that came with a 120 amp fuse? I don't think I've ever seen that before. Are you sure it's not like 4 gauge or something?

Well thats kinda what I figured what would happen. Just checkin I guess.

Idk what kind it is. I bought if from a guy off of here, he said he thought it was Stinger. Its not a regular fuse either though, its called a "car audio breaker" and it came with it. I think Im just going to go buy a different fuse breaker.

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

Im going to try to run mine at 100 Amp

 

[Boomintempo 10+ year member]

Well thats kinda what I figured what would happen. Just checkin I guess.
Idk what kind it is. I bought if from a guy off of here, he said he thought it was Stinger. Its not a regular fuse either though, its called a "car audio breaker" and it came with it. I think Im just going to go buy a different fuse breaker.

Well if it's a breaker, then go for it! You only have to reset the breaker right? Fuse holders aren't cheap (unless you get 'em online, or even here!). Try using the breaker and if it trips too much, then get the ANL fuse holder.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

120 will be fine, considering you will only use about 33% of the amps power...

 

[muddin wolvy 10+ year member]

120 will be fine, considering you will only use about 33% of the amps power...

Why do u say I will only be using 1/3 of its power?