dogstar

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A fuse will blow when it needs to blow, not because it got wet or because it was subjected to too much vibration.

Circuit breakers are fine in low risk jobs, but I wouldnt potentially trust my car to one.

They are used in heavy machinery because they get replaced, or should get replaced after a certain service life.

pglover

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i have 100 amp agu fuses. got them off ebay.

robmar

all the heavy eqip i have worked on the breakers are inside

Brad The Best

you have never worked on Kawasaki's .

ANL/ANE Fuses go up to like 700 amps or something , you could also use a fuse able link (don't know why you would)

what extremes are you putting your vehicles through ? put a breaker inside under the kick panel , sure it wont be 18 " away from the battery but will still do the job . your all just a bunch of breaker haters . w.e im probably wrong , or ill be told i am

Newb

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Breakers are fine... it's just that 1 in a 10000 that they fail that bothers me, why nto use a fuse, especially in an application where you should never blow a fuse except in a catastrophic failure.

JeffersonC

I am running 0/1 Welding wire, for the main to the distro block, and 4g welding wire to my amps, + and -.

So, my choices would be, to eather put in a breaker, switch to ANL/ANE, or use a 100A AGU fuse, if I can come by one.
What is my best. ?

wiltshire559

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might not find a 100A AGU fuse easiy
breakers are great as they allow you to shut the power off to the sound system when your working on it or if it gets tripped, easily reset
ANL fuse needs to be replaced if it breaks
I used to use AGU fuses but found cold temps and high load made them fail

mmats-king

but if u run a breaker,do u still have to run an external fuse????????im usin a 200amp breaker with no inline,,,is that ok?????

JohnVroom

I agree the circuit breaker is simple and easy and a little pricey, but for safety give me fusing every time! accuracy and reliability are improved with a fuse as well. I loved my circuit breaker ...till it failed then it was a PITA and to remove a fused shut circuit breaker gave me the nicest shocks



AGU and ANL fuses work on thermal loading, that means the hotter the fuse element gets the faster it will blow and as a whole (there ARE brand related exceptions) single ANLs take longer to blow than single AGUs what this means is AGU's are more accurate. if you are blowing fuses in cold weather (fuses and amplifiers like it cold) you might have an issue slowly getting worse (most likely something in your vehicles power supply or your woofer. but with winter there is often moisture condensation issues as well). It could also be your voltage is lower in the winter (batteries dont like the cold).

JohnVroom

no it is fine