power wire and acc. questions

[diablo2007 10+ year member]

so i just bought a brand new orion 1200d, and it came to my surprise that it only accepts 4 awg wire. so my question is should i use 0 awg wire with reducers or should i just use the 4 awg wire? and another is how many amp fuse should i use or circuit breaker?

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[diablo2007 10+ year member]

please help i need to buy these things

 

[soydeedo 10+ year member]

i would just use the 0/1 like you've got and then get a distribution block that'll have 4 awg outputs. as for your fusing question i'm not sure what you're asking exactly. the amp has fuses onboard right? if not then just get an inline fuse with whatever the manual specifies. if you're talking about the fuse on the battery end of your main power run then fuse it for the ampacity of the wire you're using. i'd use like a 250A fuse or so for 0/1.

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

I think it would be alot easier to just trim some of the strands on the 1/0 till it fits in the 4 awg terminal, that would be the cheapest and easiest way IMO.

 

[Mr. C 10+ year member]

I also vote for running the 1/0 back to a fused distro block that has 4 gauge outputs.

One like this would work well.

Stinger also has one with four 4 gauge outputs if needed. A few other companies make blocks that will take 1/0 in and send 4 gauge out to your amp(s).