tre of false 151- 149 db in street 1

[lilboom 10+ year member]

cool stuff makes it so much funner.

 

[cmobley 10+ year member]

Im no big dawg........yet but this is me with my single 15" in street 2. Third in point standings right now. this is my first year competing and I do it as a hobby. All the people Ive met at the shows have been awesome.

Chris Mobley OH 148.30 58

Probably doesnt hurt that the members of team Livewire are the Mr. Miagi to my Danielson.

 

[lilboom 10+ year member]

my 1st year competing and its all fun

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

2x rated power for 3 secs is what fuses are rated for...

Rated and actually take are two different things. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I've seen 5 amp fuses let 30-40 amps through it before popping. 30 amps I can get easily 100 through before popping. 5x their rating isn't out of the question for most decent fuses.

Popped your groan cherry...be proud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Thanks...I guess?? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

the trick to meca is el cheapo fuses from ebay and amazon. this 'install bay' 150 amp fuse was dead shorted to a 31 series optima blue top battery with a set of jumper cables.i held it on til i felt the cable start to get hot. me and some of my friends did this after seeing a guy do it to a 250 amp fuse on youtube.

if you look at the fuse after i popped the cover off of it, you will notice that it is one continuous piece of metal. their is no fusible link!

here is the youtube video that prompted the tests.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

the trick to meca is el cheapo fuses from ebay and amazon. this 'install bay' 150 amp fuse was dead shorted to a 31 series optima blue top battery with a set of jumper cables.i held it on til i felt the cable start to get hot. me and some of my friends did this after seeing a guy do it to a 250 amp fuse on youtube.if you look at the fuse after i popped the cover off of it, you will notice that it is one continuous piece of metal. their is no fusible link!

here is the youtube video that prompted the tests.

I used to use crappy scosche MAXI fuses back when they were allowed. Would use a single 30 amp fuse on my zx2500 at 1 ohm and burp it no problem.

BTW, that vid isn't 100% accurate since he's touching the cable clamp at the very end of the fuse which is actually creating more resistance than the fuse filament itself. A better test would have the fuse clamped down securely across the entire surface area of the fuse. That way the filament is the weak point.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

I know nothing of competing //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif...

 

[shizzzon 10+ year member]

Hey tommy, you've messed with fuses that could take 5x their rating without effecting score?

I've built custom fuse blocks, tighten the hell out of them using InstallBay fusing and last competing year was able to pass ~1100A thru 320A of fusing for ~2 full seconds before they popped to get my score.

They were mini-ANL fuses, btw.

Is there a certain type of fuse class that accepts more current than others or is it just brand choice?

Obviously MAXIs are illegal so can't use them.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

I got 250+ through a 30amp anl from install bay. I rolled into a 42hz tone, it lasted a few seconds or so.

 

[shizzzon 10+ year member]

i didn't know anybody manufactured 30A ANL..

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Hey tommy, you've messed with fuses that could take 5x their rating without effecting score?
I've built custom fuse blocks, tighten the hell out of them using InstallBay fusing and last competing year was able to pass ~1100A thru 320A of fusing for ~2 full seconds before they popped to get my score.

They were mini-ANL fuses, btw.

Is there a certain type of fuse class that accepts more current than others or is it just brand choice?

Obviously MAXIs are illegal so can't use them.

In my testing AGU's seem to pass the most on a consistent basis. However I know some guys have had luck with certain brand mini-anl's.

Now I use a combination of regular ANL's and AGU's since I get a lot more fusing.

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

How do they determine the value of the woofer to add into the formula with the fuse? Is it just a fixed number per cone size or is it from the sd from your woofers tsp or what? I ask this because some woofers have smaller or larger than average cone areas.

Very interesting to learn that you can pass more current than rated through fuses. I had no clue about this stuff.

 

[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

ok, i am going to say it.it would be really easy to dremel the number off an anl fuse.then go to a trophy shop and have them engrave whatever number you wanted on it.a 300 amp fuse could be reborn as a 25 amp fuse.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

a 300 amp fuse could be reborn as a 25 amp fuse.

That would be rather noticeable by just looking at the fuse.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

i didn't know anybody manufactured 30A ANL..

Sorry.. Mini ANL