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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 370496" data-attributes="member: 550915">What&#039;s your badge number?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cop.gif.57eb2cc10a7efd04d31083ca3c30d53c.gifYour main fuse it there to protect the car, not your gear.&nbsp; It is meant to be the weak link in the power wire between the battery and your distribution system and protect your car from fire should you manage to short the power wire to ground.&nbsp; Without something to stop the flow of current you will melt your power wire and possibly start a fire.&nbsp; Best case is you will destroy your power wire and anything it was touching up to the short.If you are blowing your system fuse regularly, you are doing something wrong or not using big enough a fuse.The risk with breakers is when the contacts start to pit and wear.&nbsp; Exposure to the elements will corrode the contacts.&nbsp; They will then start to trip early as the degraded contact heats up prematurely.&nbsp; If the breaker trips or is used as a switch multiple times, then the contacts will arc and pit.&nbsp; Same problem as above.&nbsp; Worst case is the breaker arcs and welds itself closed.&nbsp; You won&#039;t ever know that this has happened until it is too late.If you want to use a breaker in your system, that is up to you.&nbsp; I will not use them.&nbsp; I don&#039;t blow main fuses regularly (ever, actually), so there is no savings as far as money goes.&nbsp; I use good install practices ie. power cables away from exhaust components, grommets when going through metal, cables run inside the car, etc...&nbsp; If something does happen though (car accident comes to mind) I don&#039;t want to chance a fire because the breaker is bad.&nbsp; Just me though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 370496, member: 550915"] What's your badge number? [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cop.gif.57eb2cc10a7efd04d31083ca3c30d53c.gif[/IMG] Your main fuse it there to protect the car, not your gear. It is meant to be the weak link in the power wire between the battery and your distribution system and protect your car from fire should you manage to short the power wire to ground. Without something to stop the flow of current you will melt your power wire and possibly start a fire. Best case is you will destroy your power wire and anything it was touching up to the short. If you are blowing your system fuse regularly, you are doing something wrong or not using big enough a fuse. The risk with breakers is when the contacts start to pit and wear. Exposure to the elements will corrode the contacts. They will then start to trip early as the degraded contact heats up prematurely. If the breaker trips or is used as a switch multiple times, then the contacts will arc and pit. Same problem as above. Worst case is the breaker arcs and welds itself closed. You won't ever know that this has happened until it is too late. If you want to use a breaker in your system, that is up to you. I will not use them. I don't blow main fuses regularly (ever, actually), so there is no savings as far as money goes. I use good install practices ie. power cables away from exhaust components, grommets when going through metal, cables run inside the car, etc... If something does happen though (car accident comes to mind) I don't want to chance a fire because the breaker is bad. Just me though. [/QUOTE]

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