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Power Wiring / Fuse Question?
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<blockquote data-quote="bean" data-source="post: 62219" data-attributes="member: 541109"><p>If you ever got a surge or spike off of your alternater, that fuse would pop. We want it to pop fairly close to the source. If it's inside the car (or trunk) a spike could cause the jacket of the power cable to melt exposing the bare copper wire inside. If that happened, the wire would "weld" itself to the metal of your car because the circuit would be completed back to the battery. Enough heat would be created to potentially burn the carpet and then your car down. Fuse holders are designed to save the car really, not the amp.</p><p></p><p>Keep that fuse holder up close to the battery. Distrubution blocks however can be mounted near the amp.</p><p></p><p>Also, you may wanna try a circuit breaker.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bean, post: 62219, member: 541109"] If you ever got a surge or spike off of your alternater, that fuse would pop. We want it to pop fairly close to the source. If it's inside the car (or trunk) a spike could cause the jacket of the power cable to melt exposing the bare copper wire inside. If that happened, the wire would "weld" itself to the metal of your car because the circuit would be completed back to the battery. Enough heat would be created to potentially burn the carpet and then your car down. Fuse holders are designed to save the car really, not the amp. Keep that fuse holder up close to the battery. Distrubution blocks however can be mounted near the amp. Also, you may wanna try a circuit breaker. [/QUOTE]
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