Fuse To Big?

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

I recieved my amp wiring kit today from kicker and it says it is for a single amp hook up. But here is the thing the fuse that it came with is a 100A fuse. I have never used one this big but I am going to be running a 500 watt amp and a 50-60 by 4 amp is this fuse still to big or can i use it. If you want to look up here is the link. One thing to not is the pick shows a distribution block but this does not have that.

http://www.amazon.com/Kicker-05PK4-4...7050151&sr=1-8

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[gangstajpimpin 10+ year member]

add the fuses up on the amplifiers...that is the minimum amp fuse that you should use....IIRC

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

So you add the fuses that are on the amps and that is what you go by?

 

[Crownvicon28s 10+ year member]

So you add the fuses that are on the amps and that is what you go by?

Yep. Thats the minimum. I try to get fuses equal to or as close as I can without going under.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Oh okay sounds good to me, so I have used streetwire, tsunami, and Stinger. So has anyone used this kicker Hyper-Flex before is it any good?

 

[Simek4life 10+ year member]

correct ^

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

You will be fine with the 100a.

 

[Crownvicon28s 10+ year member]

Oh okay sounds good to me, so I have used streetwire, tsunami, and Stinger. So has anyone used this kicker Hyper-Flex before is it any good?

Yeah its great. I have a lil ran in my car and I have used it in some installs in some of my friends cars. The 1/0 gauge is verry flexible and easy to work with. I would perfer it over the forementioned brands of wire.

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

Kicker hyperflex, of any kind of wire (RCAs, speaker, 1/0, 4g, etc) is my favorite wire. It's MUCH better than stinger or streetwires.

 

[wevie 10+ year member]

If I'm reading this correctly, the OP purchased a wiring kit that comes with a 100amp fuse to install up front near the battery. Y'all are telling him that his minimum fuse size here is found by adding up the fuses on his amps. I disagree. This fuse is ONLY to protect the WIRE that came in the kit, not to protect any amps.

If the kit came with a properly sized 100 amp fuse, I will assume that it is using 4 AWG wire and is a little conservative on the fuse.

 

[Duke 10+ year member]

If I'm reading this correctly, the OP purchased a wiring kit that comes with a 100amp fuse to install up front near the battery. Y'all are telling him that his minimum fuse size here is found by adding up the fuses on his amps. I disagree. This fuse is ONLY to protect the WIRE that came in the kit, not to protect any amps.
If the kit came with a properly sized 100 amp fuse, I will assume that it is using 4 AWG wire and is a little conservative on the fuse.

X2.

Adding the fuses of all the amps up is a good way to size the main fuse.

Now, although it isn't all the relevant in this case, you should put a fuse on the wire for the rating of the wire.

 

[Seth_3515 10+ year member]

If I'm reading this correctly, the OP purchased a wiring kit that comes with a 100amp fuse to install up front near the battery. Y'all are telling him that his minimum fuse size here is found by adding up the fuses on his amps. I disagree. This fuse is ONLY to protect the WIRE that came in the kit, not to protect any amps.
If the kit came with a properly sized 100 amp fuse, I will assume that it is using 4 AWG wire and is a little conservative on the fuse.

fusing to match the amp fuses is better than fusing to the wire... fusing to the amp you still are protecting the wire and better actually because the amp should never pull more amps than it is fused for... if you fuse to the wire it allows a fluke to happen and lets more amperes get to the amplifier than should be allowed, by fusing to the amplifier it protects the wire from too many amperes the wire can handle but also is a lil extra protection for the amplifier