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<blockquote data-quote="Savant" data-source="post: 114521" data-attributes="member: 546108">The idea behind the fuse is to prevent the wire from melting.. If you OVERPOWER the wire by having a MUCH higher possible load (putting a 300 amp fuse in a 200 amp holder) you stand a VERY good chance of starting&nbsp; a FIRE.. 2 AWG is NOT big enough to run 2400 watts..Here is a site/util that will suggest some sizes/fuses/etc for your setup.. I&#039;m looking at 0 AWG for my system at 1800 RMS.. Not that I think I&#039;ll be running that high (over 275 amps max draw, my alt certianly can&#039;t handle that)..<a href="http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/systemdesignassistant.swf" target="_blank">http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/systemdesignassistant.swf</a>Anyway, do NOT exceed the recomended fuse for the guage wire you have or you might well burn your car to the ground..Hope that helps..And, you can order 0/AWG from sounddomain.com (I think) for ~ $2.95/foot..<a href="http://www.sounddomain.com/shop/amp_install" target="_blank">http://www.sounddomain.com/shop/amp_install</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Savant, post: 114521, member: 546108"] The idea behind the fuse is to prevent the wire from melting.. If you OVERPOWER the wire by having a MUCH higher possible load (putting a 300 amp fuse in a 200 amp holder) you stand a VERY good chance of starting a FIRE.. 2 AWG is NOT big enough to run 2400 watts.. Here is a site/util that will suggest some sizes/fuses/etc for your setup.. I'm looking at 0 AWG for my system at 1800 RMS.. Not that I think I'll be running that high (over 275 amps max draw, my alt certianly can't handle that).. [URL="http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/systemdesignassistant.swf"]http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/systemdesignassistant.swf[/URL] Anyway, do NOT exceed the recomended fuse for the guage wire you have or you might well burn your car to the ground.. Hope that helps.. And, you can order 0/AWG from sounddomain.com (I think) for ~ $2.95/foot.. [URL="http://www.sounddomain.com/shop/amp_install"]http://www.sounddomain.com/shop/amp_install[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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