el cheapo fuse holder

[kingpin_jeffie 10+ year member]

My buddy is tight on cash so he's adament about using one of these fuse holders here http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/PHOQWFB for under the hood by the batt. as opposed to as normal inline waterproof type.

Can he get away with this if he silicones the wires in or something to that effect? or must he spring the extra cash?

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[willll 10+ year member]

how much water gets under his hood when he drives in the rain? that fuse holder would probably work, but it would be a good idea to wrap tape around the wire at openings to create a better seal if the wire is too small. i wouldn't use silicone because then you'd have to re-silicone every time you blew a fuse.

 

[kingpin_jeffie 10+ year member]

Well I think he will be ok if we engineer it to work.

and if something goes wrong I'll just tell him I told you so.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

It'll be fine. Coat the terminals with grease or something to keep them from oxidizing if you want.

 

[Matador 10+ year member]

water gets into the engine compartment when it rains?

man u got a leaky car

 

[kingpin_jeffie 10+ year member]

yea we slapped on in there hasnt given him anytrouble eeven with a ton of rain the last couple days.

water gets into the engine compartment when it rains? man u got a leaky car

not really leaking in just coming up from the road while driving in the rain and such

 

[ChefJoe 10+ year member]

Sounds like a plan.... but really, how often do you blow a fuse ? I've had car stereo stuff for years and not once have I blown a fuse. What am I doing wrong ?

 

[kingpin_jeffie 10+ year member]

Ive blow lots of AGU fuses because my local shop mixed up a bunch of 40's with the 60 amps. Dumbasses.

BTW your not doing anything wrong unless your using fuses that are way too big. Like a 200 amp ANL fuse for a small 50x2 amp.