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<blockquote data-quote="QuikSilverRS91" data-source="post: 6815178" data-attributes="member: 552763">NO.&nbsp; If it&#039;s the amp causing the short then yes it could just blow the fuse.&nbsp; Let&#039;s say the wire is rubbing on the firewall and shorts out.&nbsp; The fuse on the amp isn&#039;t going to do a **** thing.&nbsp; It creates a short; a direct connection from the positive terminal on the battery to the ground.&nbsp; If there&#039;s no inline fuse to prevent the wire from drawing current, the wire will experience a thermal runaway, completely overheat, and could catch fire.&nbsp; Even better, your battery could catch fire as well.&nbsp; FUSE THE WIRE!!!&nbsp; There is NO reason you can&#039;t spend a few dollars on an inline fuse when it could potentially save your car and the lives of everyone in it.Oh and before you say &quot;yeah what are the chances of that though,&quot; I know at least a dozen people who have had their power wires catch fire.&nbsp; They all ended their story with, &quot;I&#039;m lucky I got out of the car alive.&quot;As for the RCAs, you seem to have the right idea.&nbsp; The only problem with the one set of preouts is that you won&#039;t have full control over each amp/channel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="QuikSilverRS91, post: 6815178, member: 552763"] NO. If it's the amp causing the short then yes it could just blow the fuse. Let's say the wire is rubbing on the firewall and shorts out. The fuse on the amp isn't going to do a **** thing. It creates a short; a direct connection from the positive terminal on the battery to the ground. If there's no inline fuse to prevent the wire from drawing current, the wire will experience a thermal runaway, completely overheat, and could catch fire. Even better, your battery could catch fire as well. FUSE THE WIRE!!! There is NO reason you can't spend a few dollars on an inline fuse when it could potentially save your car and the lives of everyone in it. Oh and before you say "yeah what are the chances of that though," I know at least a dozen people who have had their power wires catch fire. They all ended their story with, "I'm lucky I got out of the car alive." As for the RCAs, you seem to have the right idea. The only problem with the one set of preouts is that you won't have full control over each amp/channel. [/QUOTE]

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