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<blockquote data-quote="IRACEMYCOPCAR" data-source="post: 993083" data-attributes="member: 560698"><p>Fuse every power wire and everytime you split it!! always fuse closest to the power SOURCE on every wire.</p><p></p><p>There is one factor that everyone is fogetting about, radiated heat.</p><p></p><p>i knew a guy that had a 4ga going from front to a cap and 8ga going to mids amp and 8ga going to bass amp, his 8ga wire must have been too close to the amp and because he didnt have a fan in a closed trunk the wire melted and grounded out, it burned up the amp,cap,box and cought the trunk on fire and still didnt blow the fuse under the hood because it didnt draw enough current. if he had fused it after the cap it would have blown and stopped it from catching on fire.</p><p></p><p>fuses are our friends, if one blows there is a reason and you need to figure it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IRACEMYCOPCAR, post: 993083, member: 560698"] Fuse every power wire and everytime you split it!! always fuse closest to the power SOURCE on every wire. There is one factor that everyone is fogetting about, radiated heat. i knew a guy that had a 4ga going from front to a cap and 8ga going to mids amp and 8ga going to bass amp, his 8ga wire must have been too close to the amp and because he didnt have a fan in a closed trunk the wire melted and grounded out, it burned up the amp,cap,box and cought the trunk on fire and still didnt blow the fuse under the hood because it didnt draw enough current. if he had fused it after the cap it would have blown and stopped it from catching on fire. fuses are our friends, if one blows there is a reason and you need to figure it out. [/QUOTE]
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