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<blockquote data-quote="SPL Blazer" data-source="post: 5719148" data-attributes="member: 587873"><p>Thats pretty common with the lower quality amps. My RF 1501bd recommends a 150 amp fuse and was tested at 1650 watts @ 14.4 volts. But some lower class amps that claim to be a 1000 or 1500 watt amp might have fuses like yours, in which case they really don&#039;t put out the power the manufacturer claims. Amps like that will brag about being a 1500 watt amp, and the ratings will say 1000 watts @ 1 ohm, 1500 watts peak, but come with an 80 amp fuse. That 1500 watts peak is pretty much a bogus number used to help sell the amp. General guidelines would be 100 watts for every 10 amps, this is true with every quality amp I&#039;ve seen to date. My HK4000D amp is rated at 4000 watts and recommends a 400 amp fuse, for those that actually use a fuse for those amps, hence 4000 watts/400 amps of current draw. Of course being that this amp isn&#039;t very efficient it doesn&#039;t really push out 4,000 watts like it says so it wouldn&#039;t draw 400 amps, but you get the idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="SPL Blazer, post: 5719148, member: 587873"] Thats pretty common with the lower quality amps. My RF 1501bd recommends a 150 amp fuse and was tested at 1650 watts @ 14.4 volts. But some lower class amps that claim to be a 1000 or 1500 watt amp might have fuses like yours, in which case they really don't put out the power the manufacturer claims. Amps like that will brag about being a 1500 watt amp, and the ratings will say 1000 watts @ 1 ohm, 1500 watts peak, but come with an 80 amp fuse. That 1500 watts peak is pretty much a bogus number used to help sell the amp. General guidelines would be 100 watts for every 10 amps, this is true with every quality amp I've seen to date. My HK4000D amp is rated at 4000 watts and recommends a 400 amp fuse, for those that actually use a fuse for those amps, hence 4000 watts/400 amps of current draw. Of course being that this amp isn't very efficient it doesn't really push out 4,000 watts like it says so it wouldn't draw 400 amps, but you get the idea. [/QUOTE]

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