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<blockquote data-quote="Savant" data-source="post: 144831" data-attributes="member: 546108">Actually, yes.. I&#039;m under the impression that fuses are for WIRES (unless your amp is &#039;externally fused&#039;).. You run a &#039;fused distro&#039; to protect the stepped down wires.. I mean, if you have 0 AWG from the battery with a 250 amp fuse, you don&#039;t want to step that down to 4 8 AWG wires to 4 amps without fusing.. that 8 AWG would start a fire pretty **** fast if it shorted and could **** 250 amps before the main fuse blew..Fuses in the power system aren&#039;t for protecting the amp, as I understand it.. the fuses in the amp are for that..That said, I don&#039;t know if fusing after the cap is a good idea or not.. I would think you might want to cause you could potentially drain the cap instantly which is a LOT more power than should be going anywhere (depending on cap capacitence).. but I can see not fusing there since the only current out is what&#039;s being asked for by the amp.. if you get a short after the cap, the juice will flow so fast through the main fuse that it would blow.. but the same applies if you short after the cap fuse.. *shrug* To that topic, I have no knowledge, but I can see both sides.. which is electrically/mechanically correct? got me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Savant, post: 144831, member: 546108"] Actually, yes.. I'm under the impression that fuses are for WIRES (unless your amp is 'externally fused').. You run a 'fused distro' to protect the stepped down wires.. I mean, if you have 0 AWG from the battery with a 250 amp fuse, you don't want to step that down to 4 8 AWG wires to 4 amps without fusing.. that 8 AWG would start a fire pretty **** fast if it shorted and could **** 250 amps before the main fuse blew.. Fuses in the power system aren't for protecting the amp, as I understand it.. the fuses in the amp are for that.. That said, I don't know if fusing after the cap is a good idea or not.. I would think you might want to cause you could potentially drain the cap instantly which is a LOT more power than should be going anywhere (depending on cap capacitence).. but I can see not fusing there since the only current out is what's being asked for by the amp.. if you get a short after the cap, the juice will flow so fast through the main fuse that it would blow.. but the same applies if you short after the cap fuse.. *shrug* To that topic, I have no knowledge, but I can see both sides.. which is electrically/mechanically correct? got me [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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