ANL fuse?

[iApex 10+ year member]

I was looking for a inline fuse but the only ones I can find are the inline ANL fuse holders that take those wafer fuses. I have a fuse holder that takes the other kind right now but i'm running another line back and need another one.

Would the ANL fuse holder work for what I need? it would be on a 2ga wire running from the battery back to the bxi 1610d. And how many amp fuse would I need to put in it if it works?

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[RJesus 10+ year member]

fuse based on equipment.

 

[iApex 10+ year member]

fuse based on equipment.

Thats why I listed what the equipment would be, to get a recommendation on the best solution. I can't find the other ones (like the one i have now) that looks just like a fuse you would pull out of the fusebox in the car except it's like 5x larger

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

Ahh, you must have one of those Maxi Fuse holders. IIRC they sell them in the multi fuse packs at Wal Mart but it is tough finding them above 60 amps locally.

I suggest that you go with a fuse holder that takes fuses that are easy to obtain locally OR order a 5 pack of the fuses you need for your fuse holder.

 

[iApex 10+ year member]

Ahh, you must have one of those Maxi Fuse holders. IIRC they sell them in the multi fuse packs at Wal Mart but it is tough finding them above 60 amps locally.
I suggest that you go with a fuse holder that takes fuses that are easy to obtain locally OR order a 5 pack of the fuses you need for your fuse holder.

I just wanted to know if there was a difference between

and

Because I can only find these holders

And wanted to know if ^ would proper for what I need seeing as I have no experience with them and have never seen them. I have only seen the plug type fuses.

And from reading I found that you choose the amp size of the fuse pending the size of the wire? so a 200a should be find for 2ga wire?

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

You'd probably be better off going with ANL over Maxi Fuse because I don't know if the Maxi Fuses go past 100 amps whereas ANL fuses do.

Also, you have two choices, you can either fuse for the wire if you are running a distribution block in the back to multiple amplifiers OR fuse for whatever value your amplifier calls for if you are just running one amp. Regardless, make sure you fuse within 18" of your battery!

 

[iApex 10+ year member]

You'd probably be better off going with ANL over Maxi Fuse because I don't know if the Maxi Fuses go past 100 amps whereas ANL fuses do.
Also, you have two choices, you can either fuse for the wire if you are running a distribution block in the back to multiple amplifiers OR fuse for whatever value your amplifier calls for if you are just running one amp. Regardless, make sure you fuse within 18" of your battery!

Alright, thanks for the information.

I'll probably just fuse to what the amp calls for because it will just be one amp ran off that line. So since the amp has 2x 70A fuses I suppose I should fuse the line at 150A?

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

A 150 amp fuse should work just fine.

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

You need to fuse to the same rating as your amp.

Maxi fuses are illegal in competition. Get ANL.

 

[iApex 10+ year member]

You need to fuse to the same rating as your amp.
Maxi fuses are illegal in competition. Get ANL.

The amps fuse rating would be the number of fuses x the Amps of the fuse right?

So for example the BXI1610D has 2x 70A Fuses it would have a 140A load?

They don't make a 140A ANL that I could find so I bought a 150A and just incase a 200A