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<blockquote data-quote="loopkiller" data-source="post: 5525417" data-attributes="member: 601690">ALWAYS FUSE BASED ON THE WIRE, NOT THE LOAD!Why is that? I will give you this example. Let&#039;s say today you have an amp(s) that pull exactly 190a. You could use a 200a fuse today. Now let&#039;s assume that someday down the road you wanted to add another amp or something. You would now have to buy another set of fuses. If your wire is rated at 300a, simply buy 300a fuses. If your wire is rated at 150a, buy 150a fuses.Inline fuses are there to protect the wire not the equipment. There are fuses in your amps that protect the amps. Inline fuses only have one purpose, to protect the wire in case of a short. That is all. End of story.These people who tell you to buy smaller fuses are right that a smaller fuse will work, however they are just short sighted. How many people do you know run the same exact setup for years? None that I know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="loopkiller, post: 5525417, member: 601690"] ALWAYS FUSE BASED ON THE WIRE, NOT THE LOAD! Why is that? I will give you this example. Let's say today you have an amp(s) that pull exactly 190a. You could use a 200a fuse today. Now let's assume that someday down the road you wanted to add another amp or something. You would now have to buy another set of fuses. If your wire is rated at 300a, simply buy 300a fuses. If your wire is rated at 150a, buy 150a fuses. [B]Inline fuses are there to protect the wire[/B] not the equipment. There are fuses in your amps that protect the amps. Inline fuses only have one purpose, to protect the wire in case of a short. That is all. End of story. These people who tell you to buy smaller fuses are right that a smaller fuse [I]will[/I] work, however they are just short sighted. How many people do you know run the same exact setup for years? None that I know. [/QUOTE]

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