Couple questions on fuse rating and rms rating

[71dodge 10+ year member]

Hello everyone, new to the forum and had a couple questions.

On my 95 bronco

First off i was i much need of an upgrade of an amp, i have two jl audio 10" subs at 200 watts rms eaxh, I bought a alpine 500 watt mono amp. Is it ok to run this setup? Ive heard you want to find a amp that will operate at 75-150% of the combined speakers total rms.

Also i just upgraded my wiring to 4 awg to accompany the new amp, the fuse rating on the amp is 60 total. The stinger wire kit i bought came with a 100amp anl fuse. Should i leave the 100 amp or go down to like an 80?

Any advice is appreciated

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[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Yes leave the 100 amp fuse. You want to fuse for the wire rating not the amp. That amp should have built in fuses.

 

[71dodge 10+ year member]

Thanks for the quick reply. It does, the amp has two 30 amp fuses

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Never hurts to be overfused.....over engineered.

Some of us have amps with fuses in them while running a fused distrib block and a fuse between the amp and battery.