AGU or ANL fuse?

[Lurius 10+ year member]

If you had to choose one or the other for a distribution block(4 gauge to two 8 gauges) what would you choose, and why?

-Lurius

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[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

I don't think they make ANL distro blocks. If they did they be ****in huge llol.

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

AGU because anl is made for high current... they don't make 40amp anl's and if they do it would still be cheaper to use a AGU that does the samething.

 

[Alpineinstaller 10+ year member]

they make anl distro blocks but he doesnt need them unless he pulling lots of juice.You could get mini-anl or agu.Fuses are cheaper that way. And not every place is gonna have anl fuses. What are you running??

 

[Lurius 10+ year member]

Im only going to be running around 1200 watts lol, just saw a few of those ANL blocks and wondered if there was any benefit, but if they dont make any low amp fuses then they arent what I need and ill get the AGU then..

-Lurius

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

it might be nice to have an ANL at the batt simply because they're more durable than AGU's and will fare better under the hood - even though problems with AGU's are rare.

At the block I see no reason not to use AGU.

 

[Saint211 10+ year member]

Um, I dont think there is a time ever where an ANL fuse needs to be on an 8 AWG wire.

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

If you had to choose one or the other for a distribution block(4 gauge to two 8 gauges) what would you choose, and why?
-Lurius

the main difference is the amperage ranges. AGU goes from 20(iirc) to 80, where as ANL goes from 60 to 300 (again iirc) and it costs more. Given that 8 gauge is not capable of conducting any more than 35amps safely and 4 gauge 65-70 amps, AGU would be just fine. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

I don't think they make ANL distro blocks. If they did they be ****in huge llol.

Ive got a dual ANL distro block sitting in my tool box...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

1/0 in 2 4ga out. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

the main difference is the amperage ranges. AGU goes from 20(iirc) to 80' date=' where as ANL goes from 60 to 300 (again iirc) and it costs more. Given that 8 gauge is not capable of conducting any more than 35amps safely and 4 gauge 65-70 amps, AGU would be just fine. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/quote']
Wow - you go the extra mile to help out the wire retailers.

8 ga - ~50A

4 ga - ~125A

 

[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

Ive got a dual ANL distro block sitting in my tool box...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif
1/0 in 2 4ga out. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Ive got one of those streetwires fuse/ground combo blocks, and my ANL fuseholder alone is almost as big lol

 

[Lurius 10+ year member]

Thanks for the info guys, really helpful, especially the max amps a wire can handle. I had aready ordered an AGU fuse block but was curious more than anything the reasons to use ANL over AGU. I dont think ill ever have to worry about pushing enough power to need ANL lol.

-Lurius

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

good luck

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

Wow - you go the extra mile to help out the wire retailers.
8 ga - ~50A

4 ga - ~125A

No I do installs CORRECTLY.

Look up ANY wire lenght vs gauge vs current capability (including IASCA's.) You try pulling over 35amps on 8ga over longer than a 15' run (most all cars are 20-25' runs) you are GOING to have issues. I can PROVE that too.

Running too small a gauge wire is like putting 85 octane or diesel in your 12:1cr 572ci crate motor...

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Just to verify BCAE1's recommendations I did my own calculations...

Assuming a V drop no more than 1/2 volt --

8 ga = 43A

4 ga = 110A

That assumes a 15' wire.

My numbers are a little more conservative than his, and if you're running wire in a suburban or a conversion van I could see where your wire/current application guidelines might be useful, but in 90% of cars time I'd call it overkill. Most of my wiring has been in my car which is a BIG coupe and my power wire's only 12'...

I recently put an amp in my nephew's GPx. With the Wal-mart 17' kit I had 3' or so left over.

Anyway - we're splitting hairs.

To each his own.