wire keeps burning up !! read

[rickymac21 10+ year member]

alright. got my system in.. 2 1" re mt's . autotek mm4000. only 1 run of 0 gauge and only 1 battery at the moment. 150 amp h/o alt.... not sure how many amperages or whatever im pulling but a fuseable link where my fuse box is under the hood keeps burning.. all it is is a wire but for some reason it melts every 2 weeks or so.. is it because of too much current flow? or too much voltage drop that it just fries???

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[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

too much current...that amp should pull well over the current carrying capacity of 0 gauge at full tilt

 

[kush-divinity 10+ year member]

Is it your feed wire from your alt to battery?

You **** sure need big 3 with that amp.

And if you keep frying it, something is wrong..........

Trace it down and replace it with 4ga?????

 

[93dakota 10+ year member]

too much current...that amp should pull well over the current carrying capacity of 0 gauge at full tilt

If you have that amp wired up to run 4000 watts you are pulling around 333 amps at full tilt. 0 gage wire for most companies is only rated to 300 amps. so you are most likely drawing to much current. you need at least 1 more run of 0 gage but i would go with 2 my self.