Does brand matter for ANL fuses?

[mrToester 10+ year member]

Hi everyone,

I'm on the last stretch of gathering parts for my install. I am looking for 100amp ANL fuse and I want to get atlease 10 of them. But before I go out and by cheap generic, nO name brand, I want to ask first, does Brand matter? I mean does the name brand have better quality over the no name or will they end up doing its job in the end.

-Mr.Toester

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[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

not really lol. i bought some knu ANL fuses, and then bought some cheapo ANL's off ebay and both have held up just fine. they are practically the same quality

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

i use whatever i can find for the cheapest. they are afterall just fuses. if they blow i can easily get more ya know

 

[dgaf 10+ year member]

as far as voltage goes, i tested voltage with a stinger anl fuse, a cheap no name brand, both got the same voltage to the tenth of a volt...

 

[ahole-ic]

Fuses are not the same at all. Usually cheaper fuses are thicker and will pass more current. That's great if you're a meca competitor, but if you're looking to actually protect your investment, it's not so good. These guys don't know what they are talking about, measuring voltage across a fuse etc. Clearly they have no electronics experience.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

I don't think it really matters too much. I never done testing, but I've had nice and crappy ones and they all seem to work the same in my experience.

 

[mrToester 10+ year member]

okay, ima take 3 out of 4 replys and get some crappy ones.... THANKs EVERYONE for your input!

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Fuses are not the same at all. Usually cheaper fuses are thicker and will pass more current. That's great if you're a meca competitor, but if you're looking to actually protect your investment, it's not so good. These guys don't know what they are talking about, measuring voltage across a fuse etc. Clearly they have no electronics experience.

This.

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

That.

If you have a crappy fuse rated at 100 amps and it takes 140-180 to blow it, you just blew it. The whole point of a fuse is to protect your investment.

Granted, if its on a power wire, chances are it will blow before the wire catches on fire.

 

[mrToester 10+ year member]

ill buy some quality fuse to protect my investment then.

Can you guys help me on figuring out what fuse rate i need for my amp? I have a Kicker IX 500.4 and a kicker IX 500.1 in the hand book it says 2 x 50 ampere. i bought a kicker 09 pkd4, which came with a ANL fuse rated @ 150 amps... Can i use that fuse or should i down grade to 100amp and then 50 amps to the fuses right before the amps? Total i will be installing 3 fuse holders

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

ill buy some quality fuse to protect my investment then.

Can you guys help me on figuring out what fuse rate i need for my amp? I have a Kicker IX 500.4 and a kicker IX 500.1 in the hand book it says 2 x 50 ampere. i bought a kicker 09 pkd4, which came with a ANL fuse rated @ 150 amps... Can i use that fuse or should i down grade to 100amp and then 50 amps to the fuses right before the amps? Total i will be installing 3 fuse holders

Id use a 100a fuse at the battery and then use a fused distro. One side a 50a fuse and the other side a 50a fuse.

 

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ill buy some quality fuse to protect my investment then.

Can you guys help me on figuring out what fuse rate i need for my amp? I have a Kicker IX 500.4 and a kicker IX 500.1 in the hand book it says 2 x 50 ampere. i bought a kicker 09 pkd4, which came with a ANL fuse rated @ 150 amps... Can i use that fuse or should i down grade to 100amp and then 50 amps to the fuses right before the amps? Total i will be installing 3 fuse holders

Id use a 100a fuse at the battery and then use a fused distro. One side a 50a fuse and the other side a 50a fuse.

 

[mrToester 10+ year member]

Id use a 100a fuse at the battery and then use a fused distro. One side a 50a fuse and the other side a 50a fuse. 

---------- Post added at 01:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:28 PM ----------

 

Id use a 100a fuse at the battery and then use a fused distro. One side a 50a fuse and the other side a 50a fuse.

okay, that sounds good to me then! ill get 100s/50s instead to 150s/100s

Thanks Witedragon551