80 Amp Fuse Enough?

[beefy103 10+ year member]

I am buying a nine.1 to power my sub and am looking at wiring kits. I see that eD offers two types of 4 guage kits. One which comes with an 80 amp fuse and holder and one with a 150 amp fuse and holder. It says they both are recommended for the nine.1 so does it make a difference which one I get? Will an 80 amp fuse suffice? My alternator only puts out 80 amps anyway so I wont need a fuse any bigger than that anyway correct? I dont wanna spend the extra money one the bigger fuse if I dont need to. I dont plan on adding any more amps anytime soon. Thanks

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

What are you running the front stage off of?

I would go with the 150A one, because whether or not you think you'll upgrade, you probably will //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[beefy103 10+ year member]

What do you mean run the front stage off of?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

How are you powering the front speakers...

 

[beefy103 10+ year member]

For now the front and rear speakers are being powered by thr head unit. Im just going to get a cheap pair of alpines for $50 for the front and just throw some other speakers from who knows where in the back for now. Im not sure how long my cars gonna last so I'm not going to go crazy with stuff specific for my car.

 

[beefy103 10+ year member]

So will an 80 amp fuse be ok if I wanna be cheap?

 

[beefy103 10+ year member]

or will i absolutly need a bigger fuse will 80 do for now?