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<blockquote data-quote="old_dude" data-source="post: 5719319" data-attributes="member: 608305">I agree (mostly), spl.&nbsp; Like the importance of large fuses.&nbsp; And amp manufacturers claiming higher ratings just to sell their product.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t really agree that Kenwood puts out low-quality products.&nbsp; I&#039;ve owned several Rockford Fosgate (Punch &amp;amp; Power) amps, as well as Soundstream amps.&nbsp; And I realize that those 2 are great at actually advertising the REAL output of their amps.&nbsp; Still, 400 and 500 amp fuses?&nbsp; Where on this planet do you find those?&nbsp; I&#039;ve never seen any above 150 amps. (Though I only went with 100 amp in my main power cable&#039;s fuse holder).I&#039;m still not exactly a fuse expert, nor do I claim to be.&nbsp; In fact, I called a major online retailer&#039;s technical people to ask this question (which proves I&#039;m not up to par with fuse ratings!): &quot;If my amplifiers have 30 and 40 amp fuses, plus the crossover back there, what amp fuse rating should I use in the inline holder?&quot;, to which they said a 100 amp would work fine.You don&#039;t agree?&nbsp; My point wasn&#039;t that anyone&#039;s amps are better or worse according to the brand.&nbsp; My only point was that I am going by what I was told.&nbsp; And I would really appreciate YOUR opinion too.&nbsp; Seriously.&nbsp; I joined this forum to LEARN rather than INFORM, and therefore value other people&#039;s opinions and technical advice.&nbsp; As long as they don&#039;t call my brand choice junk.&nbsp; Kenwood has been around 10 times longer than RF, but I&#039;m not slamming RF in any way, nor will I slam anyone else&#039;s choice of brands.I would really appreciate finding a source where I can purchase higher rated fuses than 150 amps.&nbsp; I have BOTH holders, both AGU and ANL but I&#039;m not sure exactly which one I should use.&nbsp; Any suggestions?&nbsp; The AGU&#039;s are much easier to replace, and they look nicer.&nbsp; But is one better than the other?&nbsp; I&#039;ve done countless hours of searching tons of car audio and electronics sites but haven&#039;t really decided which fuse type is best, or where to get anything above 150 amps.StreetWires makes Mini Wafer Fuses of 150 amps, but their AGU&#039;s I could only find up to 80 amps.So, since it seems you are more knowledgeable on fuses than I am, I&#039;ll admit, can you tell me your opinion on if you think the 100&#039;s I already have will be enough (with my &quot;lower quality amps with the bogus power ratings&quot;) for my 3 amps and 1 crossover?&nbsp; My plan is to run ONE main fuse inline with the main power cable, then seperate fuses in the fuse block to my devices.&nbsp; But wouldn&#039;t this be &quot;fuse overkill&quot; since the devices already have their own fuses?Geez, now you have me afraid to even mention WHY I am running THREE distribution blocks!&nbsp; But EVERY local car audio store and installer I&#039;ve mentioned it to around town all have said &quot;That&#039;s a pretty cool idea, I never thought of that!&quot;, so I&#039;m sort of proud of my ingenious idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="old_dude, post: 5719319, member: 608305"] I agree (mostly), spl. Like the importance of large fuses. And amp manufacturers claiming higher ratings just to sell their product. But I don't really agree that Kenwood puts out low-quality products. I've owned several Rockford Fosgate (Punch & Power) amps, as well as Soundstream amps. And I realize that those 2 are great at actually advertising the REAL output of their amps. Still, 400 and 500 amp fuses? Where on this planet do you find those? I've never seen any above 150 amps. (Though I only went with 100 amp in my main power cable's fuse holder). I'm still not exactly a fuse expert, nor do I claim to be. In fact, I called a major online retailer's technical people to ask this question (which proves I'm not up to par with fuse ratings!): "If my amplifiers have 30 and 40 amp fuses, plus the crossover back there, what amp fuse rating should I use in the inline holder?", to which they said a 100 amp would work fine. You don't agree? My point wasn't that anyone's amps are better or worse according to the brand. My only point was that I am going by what I was told. And I would really appreciate YOUR opinion too. Seriously. I joined this forum to LEARN rather than INFORM, and therefore value other people's opinions and technical advice. As long as they don't call my brand choice junk. Kenwood has been around 10 times longer than RF, but I'm not slamming RF in any way, nor will I slam anyone else's choice of brands. I would really appreciate finding a source where I can purchase higher rated fuses than 150 amps. I have BOTH holders, both AGU [I]and[/I] ANL but I'm not sure exactly which one I should use. Any suggestions? The AGU's are much easier to replace, and they look nicer. But is one better than the other? I've done countless hours of searching tons of car audio and electronics sites but haven't really decided which fuse type is best, or where to get anything above 150 amps. StreetWires makes Mini Wafer Fuses of 150 amps, but their AGU's I could only find up to 80 amps. So, since it seems you are more knowledgeable on fuses than I am, I'll admit, can you tell me your opinion on if you think the 100's I already have will be enough (with my "lower quality amps with the bogus power ratings") for my 3 amps and 1 crossover? My plan is to run ONE main fuse inline with the main power cable, then seperate fuses in the fuse block to my devices. But wouldn't this be "fuse overkill" since the devices already have their own fuses? Geez, now you have me afraid to even mention WHY I am running THREE distribution blocks! But EVERY local car audio store and installer I've mentioned it to around town all have said "That's a pretty cool idea, I never thought of that!", so I'm sort of proud of my ingenious idea. [/QUOTE]

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