Problem Blowing 100A fuses .. plz read.

[generalGOTCHA 10+ year member]

K here is what I am running

Orion HCCA 250 Digital Reference

2 10" Orion P series subwoofers.

Ok, I have a cheap battery lol.. from autozone. 1000 cold cranking amps, and shows 110amp reserve .. Is this horrible ???

Anyways.. from the battery I am running duel 5 guage wires.. Meaning I stuck two 5 guage power wires (best you can get at wal-mart) and wired them together trying to evade my little problem of eating up 100amp fuses.

Ok so I replace the fuse, and go bumping for a while.. setting the gain on my amp all the way down, and turning up all the bass options on my Pioneer DEH 7800MP color screen to louden the bass.

Note: I was to lazy to run a remote wire from my head unit to the amplifier lol. So I hardwired the remote to my power wire, and when I turn my vehicle off I just pull the fuse to not drain my battery.

So here is what I want to achieve !!!

I want to be able to turn the gain allllll the way up on my amplifier without it getting hot as hell @ 1 ohm btw. And play it all day without it melting the fuses up. IS THIS POSSIBLE ????

I can only get a 1 ohm or 4 ohm option from my DVC 10" subs.

They both will take easly 500Wrms.

Specs for this amp is 800Wrms @ 12volts.

So is it draining my battery ? then resulting in drawing from the alternator, and then heating up the powerwires weekest point being the in line fuse ???

I reallllllly am getting annoyed at this problem, and am willing to do whatever it takes, but want some technical perspectives on why this is happening.

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[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

First you DON'T want to run the gain at max. It won't get you any louder. Same with maxing out all the bass boosts. Read on this forum about proper gain settings and also how electrical power is supplied in your car. You have a lot to learn.