Fuse holder and Distribution block?

[questionaire 10+ year member]

Whats the difference???

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[disturbedfuel15 10+ year member]

A fuse holder protects your line from voltage spikes. A distribution block can split up the connection to run the wire to multiple amplifiers.

 

[questionaire 10+ year member]

A fuse holder protects your line from voltage spikes. A distribution block can split up the connection to run the wire to multiple amplifiers.

So a distribution block is a fuse holder plus some?? If just one amp was to be used would it make a difference which to use?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

A fuse holder protects your line from voltage spikes.

Current spikes, not voltage //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

So a distribution block is a fuse holder plus some??

Not really the way to think about it. You can have fused distribution blocks, and you can have inline fuseholders that don't do any sort of splitting.

If just one amp was to be used would it make a difference which to use?

If you had one amp, you wouldn't need a distro block unless you wanted to leave yourself room to upgrade.

 

[da12b 10+ year member]

Example of a fused distro block, I used a RF ANL fused distro block in my engine bay. From the battery pos. to the distro block. One ANL fused is used for my amp and the other is used for the alternator (part of the "BIG 3").

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

A fuse holder protects your line from voltage spikes. A distribution block can split up the connection to run the wire to multiple amplifiers.

Both can do the same...

BTW, this is a good question

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

So a distribution block is a fuse holder plus some??

Not always....there are many distribution blocks that offer no internal fusing whatsoever and consequently still require some sort of other fusing to be included inline on the power cabling.

If just one amp was to be used would it make a difference which to use?

See JimJ's response to this.

 

[questionaire 10+ year member]

Does brand name matter when it comes to this? Big 3 requires distribution block right?

 

[questionaire 10+ year member]

Does brand name matter when it comes to this? Big 3 requires distribution block right?

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