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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 5100214" data-attributes="member: 550915"><p>The fuses usually aren't meant to protect anything inside the amp. They're just meant to keep it all from going up in flames in the event that any protection circuits don't do their job.</p><p></p><p>Fuses usually have no value in indicating the current draw of an amp. The only thing that they tell you is a max for the sustained draw. It takes a good deal more than the rated current of the fuse to get the fuse to fast-blow. This allows the amp to draw more than the fuse rating for short bursts. Average draw is really much more important to know and it will be much less than the fuse rating but is totally application dependent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 5100214, member: 550915"] The fuses usually aren't meant to protect anything inside the amp. They're just meant to keep it all from going up in flames in the event that any protection circuits don't do their job. Fuses usually have no value in indicating the current draw of an amp. The only thing that they tell you is a max for the sustained draw. It takes a good deal more than the rated current of the fuse to get the fuse to fast-blow. This allows the amp to draw more than the fuse rating for short bursts. Average draw is really much more important to know and it will be much less than the fuse rating but is totally application dependent. [/QUOTE]
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