Amps with no Fuses safe?

[mightycrappy 10+ year member]

Just wondering if amps with no fuses are safe? Or do they have alot of problems because they don't have fuses that will blow in case of something?

I just thought all amps had fuses.

Sorry if this is a noob question

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[saturnspl1991 10+ year member]

if your power lead is fused you should have no problems at all

 

[mightycrappy 10+ year member]

So when you fuse your power lead and have fuses on amp it's just double protection, which is kind of redundant isn't it?

So one way or the other is good?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

So when you fuse your power lead and have fuses on amp it's just double protection, which is kind of redundant isn't it?So one way or the other is good?

Fusing your power wire is to protect your wire, AND you amplifier.

nG

 

[mightycrappy 10+ year member]

So would just fusing the power wire be good enough?

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

did you even read what others wrote?

 

[mightycrappy 10+ year member]

well one guy only has 36 posts, not trying to take anything away from him. And I was just trying to get other people opinions. Sorry ****

 

[Earthman 10+ year member]

Putting a fuse near the battery keeps your car from catching fire in the event of a short.If your amp doesn't provide built in fusing you can just use the size fuse you need for that amp at the battery. If you have multiple amps like this you add a distribution block with individual fusing. This way your main fuse is the total current capacity of all amps and the distro block has the required fuse for each amp it's protecting

 

[wolfman1966 10+ year member]

its still better to have an amp that has its own fuses AND have the inline fuse near the battery.

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

So would just fusing the power wire be good enough?

you should always fuse the power wire near the battery cuz thre could be a short somewhere with the power wire and having no fuse, ur car would most likely catch onfire if that ever happened, with a fuse it will just blow and amp will shutdown andyou're safe, get it now? good...

 

[saturnspl1991 10+ year member]

i may of had only 36 posts on here but thats just cuz im new to CA im very active on ROE 1500+ posts //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif dont judge anyone because they have low posts........

 

[shava 10+ year member]

Yeah, the sun is hot. Am I wrong just cause i have a couple hundred posts? No. I just felt like saying that, have a good night.

 

[mightycrappy 10+ year member]

i may of had only 36 posts on here but thats just cuz im new to CA im very active on ROE 1500+ posts //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif dont judge anyone because they have low posts........

I said I wasn't trying to take anything away from you? Did you see that? That means I don't really know. I was just going off of your post count.

I didn't say anyone was wrong. **** wtf. I just wanted more opinions. You know like what most people enjoy getting before making a purchase of something. I didn't mean to say anything bad or start anything. I'm just one that enjoys more than just 1 or 2 peoples opinions. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blackeye.gif.66a1670f5aaf7f406e783a63e3387dc5.gif

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

i may of had only 36 posts on here but thats just cuz im new to CA im very active on ROE 1500+ posts //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif dont judge anyone because they have low posts........

Well there you go, now that autmatically classifies you as an r-tard.

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nG

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

there are a handful of higher end amps that don't have onboard fuses.

I figure they're either sufficiently protected w/o that feature, or they assume anyone buying them will be smart enough not to run them in a way that puts them in an over-current state -- that on top of fusing your wire properly and I don't see a problem.

Besides - the only time I ever blew fuses on an amp - the amp was already toast.