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<blockquote data-quote="djman37" data-source="post: 1425632" data-attributes="member: 554697">how much protection is on the amp?&nbsp; YOU fuse the wire, unless the amp does not have protection, not the amp.&nbsp; Go find out from somewhere how much current your length of 4 ga can take.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.bcae1.com" target="_blank">http://www.bcae1.com</a> or <a href="http://www.the12volt.com" target="_blank">http://www.the12volt.com</a> have CHARTS.The wire is fused in case the amp disconnects and the wire shorts to the vehicle or something.&nbsp; The fuse blows and the car doesn&#039;t burn up.You can use a lesser fuse than specified for the wire, but you might run into....well you know what happens.1500 watts rms usually works out to about 150 amps of currentBottom line, get a fuse SOMEWHERE between the fusing on the amp and the max rating for the wire.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="djman37, post: 1425632, member: 554697"] how much protection is on the amp? YOU fuse the wire, unless the amp does not have protection, not the amp. Go find out from somewhere how much current your length of 4 ga can take. [URL="http://www.bcae1.com"]http://www.bcae1.com[/URL] or [URL="http://www.the12volt.com"]http://www.the12volt.com[/URL] have CHARTS. The wire is fused in case the amp disconnects and the wire shorts to the vehicle or something. The fuse blows and the car doesn't burn up. You can use a lesser fuse than specified for the wire, but you might run into....well you know what happens. 1500 watts rms usually works out to about 150 amps of current Bottom line, get a fuse SOMEWHERE between the fusing on the amp and the max rating for the wire.[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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