im a no fuse virgin .

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

so i just hooked up my new amp with no fuses except my front batt....

how do you guys not worry about it coming out of the amp and starting a fire?

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[06goat 10+ year member]

Keep of 5gal bucket of water right underneath the input terminal.

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

so i just hooked up my new amp with no fuses except my front batt....
how do you guys not worry about it coming out of the amp and starting a fire?

I use fuses.

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

maybe i should get some lol

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

i dont use any fuses on my wires ,with the power i run ,if the amp is gonna blow the fuses aren't gonna stop it ,i know this because it's happened in the past

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

i dont use any fuses on my wires ,with the power i run ,if the amp is gonna blow the fuses aren't gonna stop it ,i know this because it's happened in the past

im just afraid of a wire grounding out

 

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i dont use any fuses on my wires ,with the power i run ,if the amp is gonna blow the fuses aren't gonna stop it ,i know this because it's happened in the past

im just afraid of a wire grounding out

 

[FlexnInLa 10+ year member]

I see fire in your future!

 

[06goat 10+ year member]

i dont use any fuses on my wires ,with the power i run ,if the amp is gonna blow the fuses aren't gonna stop it ,i know this because it's happened in the past

Youve got to be kidding me

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

I run fuses so i wouldnt know

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

well finding fuse blocks now!

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

well finding fuse blocks now!

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

you just have to confident on what you are doing .run all the wires to the amps first ,install them ,then use a test light to charge the caps and hook up the battery last. works every time .been running my amps with no outer fuse for over 3 years now,no issues,when i blew my stetsom all my wires were fused and no back battery,have't blown an amp since.

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

i dont use any fuses on my wires ,with the power i run ,if the amp is gonna blow the fuses aren't gonna stop it ,i know this because it's happened in the past

Curious.. are you fusing for the wire or the amp? I ran 2 Cactus K12's with proper fuses for the wire and would pop mine quite often if I was drawing more power than the wire was fused for. I had a 300a anl on each power lead. Mind you there are 3 power and ground leads. You dont fuse to protect the amp, you fuse for the wire so you dont short it out or incase something breaks the jacket.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

i was running 3 power and grounds with 300 amp fuses on all of them

 

[splwj47 10+ year member]

just a quick question, say you have a 200 amp alt and your running 2/0 weldng cable that is good for 450 amps and say you have an amp with a 250 amp fuse whats the point in running fuses then?